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Isla Bryson asked for £5,000 over 'deadnaming'

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ArabellaScott · 31/01/2023 12:25

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10132920/trans-double-rapist-isla-bryson-criticised-nicola-sturgeon/

BT apparently misgendered Isla, and she went to the papers about it:

'She said: “I have been asking them to change my name for almost a year but I keep getting letters with my dead name on it.

“I sent proof of my gender identity but it hasn’t made a difference. I’m sick of being treated like a second class citizen.”

BT apologised for the mix-up and offered Bryson £140. But she said: “It’s had a seriously emotional effect on me. They’ve tried to buy me off but I said I wanted £5,000 in compensation.”'

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MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 31/01/2023 13:44

TitsInAbsentia · 31/01/2023 13:39

'it's usually men who buy the Times.'😂 Wait, did someone actually say that to your face?!

If a man now goes in to a store to buy tampons should the shop assistant be super careful with the pronouns?

Early 80s, but yes, she did. I paid, she said thank you sir, and I mentioned I didn't think the haircut was that short - hence the comment about the men buying the Times. I said it's OK, OH is outside and he'll explain the long words to me.

puffyisgood · 31/01/2023 13:44

I sympathise to a degree, it's bog standard for utility companies to be sending out letters to deceased heads of household for many years after a tearful widow first asked them to change the billing details. But £5k, seriously.

TitsInAbsentia · 31/01/2023 13:39

'it's usually men who buy the Times.'😂 Wait, did someone actually say that to your face?!

If a man now goes in to a store to buy tampons should the shop assistant be super careful with the pronouns?

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 31/01/2023 13:29

BoredOfThisMansWorld · 31/01/2023 12:55

Oh fantastic!

Anyone else here have their foreign name misspelled constantly?

Or have it assumed that they took their partner's surname or wish to disclose their marital status?

I'd be happy with £140 for every time that happened, tbh. I'd be quids in

I've had my (very British) surname misspelled
I've been addressed in work documents as 'Dear Sir' - hell, I've been called 'Sir' F2F (I have short hair) when I was buying the Times because 'it's usually men who buy the Times.' 🤔
I've been called Mrs when I'm not.
I've talked to overseas colleages who called me by my surname because the convention in their country is surname then first name so they assumed my surname was my first name

Can I have my thousands for hurtyfeelz plz?

ResisterRex · 31/01/2023 13:23

🤔

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/01/29/un-nicola-sturgeon-common-sense-violent-sex-offenders-jail/

"Court chiefs had wanted to send Bryson to Glasgow's men-only Barlinnie prison. Bryson was was named Adam Graham when committing the rapes and has not legally changed gender.

But the SPS guidance allowing criminals to self-identify their gender meant the rapist was initially sent to Cornton Vale. Following a huge public outcry, Bryson was moved to a men's cell in Edinburgh's Saughton jail."

IcakethereforeIam · 31/01/2023 13:18

@TitsInAbsentia Flowers thoughts and prayers

TitsInAbsentia · 31/01/2023 13:17

Oooooh I like this, Sky have been sending letters to MR TitsInAbsentia for about 12 years, I never have been, never wanted to be and never will be a MR so I must take offence at this mis labelling and being action immediately!

BoredOfThisMansWorld · 31/01/2023 12:55

Oh fantastic!

Anyone else here have their foreign name misspelled constantly?

Or have it assumed that they took their partner's surname or wish to disclose their marital status?

I'd be happy with £140 for every time that happened, tbh. I'd be quids in

IcakethereforeIam · 31/01/2023 12:54

So, while he was awaiting trial for rape, he went to the newspaper about being 'dead named' on a 'phone bill? The brass neck of this guy!

Of course the newspaper may not have made the connection because he would have been charged in his male name.

OnlyTheWeedsGrow · 31/01/2023 12:45

How long was it between the arrest and the court case? He didn’t see the gender fairy lights until after arrest…

OnlyTheWeedsGrow · 31/01/2023 12:43

He can have 5000 fuck offs instead.

Then I really am out of fucks to give about the gender ideology bullshit.

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ArabellaScott · 31/01/2023 12:41

You're right, Fenlandia - I even called him 'she' without noticing!

For the avoidance of doubt: there's nothing female about this rapist.

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Fenlandia · 31/01/2023 12:31

So jarring that an article that makes no bones about calling a double rapist a 'fiend' also politely uses she pronouns throughout.

Rightsraptor · 31/01/2023 12:29

Isla Grifter then? Just change the 's' of Isla into an 'm' and there we have it.

AnonWeeMouse · 31/01/2023 12:27

Grifters gonna grift.