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Male period poverty tsar cleared to take legal action v 4 public bodies

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Imnobody4 · 15/08/2023 16:18

This will be interesting, I don’t think they have a leg to stand on.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/db1fa9cc-3abe-11ee-b7c0-8b22dcb64950?shareToken=1263a7db1020571e92b5f42a2924dc81

Jason Grant, a former personal trainer, was hired as period dignity officer for the Tayside region in August last year. The post was meant to involve discussing sanitary products in schools and colleges with students.

However the £35,000-a-year role was abolished weeks later after claims that “threats and abuse” had been levelled towards individuals involved in the project.

Male period poverty tsar cleared to take action against four public bodies

A man who lost his job as Scotland’s first “period poverty tsar” after a global backlash has won his bid to take legal action against the public bodies who hire

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/db1fa9cc-3abe-11ee-b7c0-8b22dcb64950?shareToken=1263a7db1020571e92b5f42a2924dc81

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LetMeEnfoldYou · 15/08/2023 16:51

The guy representing him is excellent, I have worked with him before. Seems like he has an excellent case.

Why the fuck they didn't just hire a woman in the first place is beyond me.

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 15/08/2023 16:50

I'd expect it to be a slam-dunk for him.

ArabeIIaScott · 15/08/2023 16:20

Of course they should have used the Exemptions and hired a woman.

Bloody fools.