Meet the new CEO of Endometriosis South Coast

There's something...i dunno...important about Steph that makes him unsuitable for such a role.
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It's on the tip of my tongue...

Given that I mentioned a female CEO of a testicular cancer charity, I don’t actually know what you mean.

I mean, it sounds like there was no recruitment process as such, but it might sail close to the Equality Act to refuse the appointment on gender identity grounds. Especially as there are (a vanishingly small number of) cis men who suffer from endometriosis.

@LittleGlowingOblong you
obviously missed all the posts of stephs own words and pictures slagging off women who want single sex spaces & harassing women at the FILA conference

if they’re too dim to realise how stupid they would come across up against an experienced journalist with Endo then that’s their problem

The trans community won't put their hands in their pockets.

What was the total of Shon Faye's crowdfunder??

Agree, @RoyalCorgi - in fact we’ve borne out the funder’s decision to recruit, as that wee charity now has a huge national profile - and possibly a flood of donations coming in from the trans community…

Yes, but not under the list of "who, what, how" etc on the summary page, which is what the PP was talking about...

There's something...i dunno...important about Steph that makes him unsuitable for such a role.

It's on the tip of my tongue...

No you absolutely can state women

see women’s aid governing document here https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/-/charity-details/1054154/governing-document

as you can also state men
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/-/charity-details/3979875/governing-document

£8k gross income is buttons.

haven’t read all messages on here but I agree with @CheeseChamp . It’s a tiny local charity, run on a shoestring, and headed up by a 71 year old transwoman who said in the interview something like she just wanted to “do good in the world”, something like that.

You do get women heading up eg testicular cancer charities. There are no obvious safeguarding risks. I believe Steph has a GRC and has possibly surgically transitioned.

I think on this one the TERFS risk coming across as a bit harsh, and disproportionate too.

'Steph' is an exceptionally bad choice for the role due to wanting many of those the charity is to support/represent to be in hell.

A female would be a better choice for many reasons but a male could probably do the job... unless he often campaigned against women and girls who didn't share one of his beliefs.

I feel more strongly than ever that Steph and Jodie shouldn't have been interviewed. How many other charity CEOs does Woman's Hour have on where the charity is very small, regionally based and brings in £8k a year? It's like interviewing your local NCT bumps and babies organiser rather than the national CEO. They ran the interview purely because there was a bit of a social media pushback against the appointment.

The best thing to do with people like Steph and Jodie - attention-seeking dimwits that they are - is to ignore them altogether. There are lots of brilliant, dedicated, hardworking women in the UK doing fantastic work in all sorts of areas. Interview them instead.

@Cailleach1

Sorry I was being casual, of course embryos are not female and then either continue on or differentiate into male. I was referring to a paper which basically is referencing that it is X chromosome expression up until 6wks dictating development and thus phenotype. This will explain it better in layman’s terms for everyone.

https://factmyth.com/factoids/all-mammals-start-as-female/

For the purposes of the Charities Commission, women fall under the general public / other defined groups. As far as I know there is no "women" box any charity can tick (and no "men" or "trans" for that matter).

Have a look at e.g. women's aid / refuges / rape crisis / cancer charities and you'll see the same thing.

Here's their Financial info.
I'm sure they were hoping to boost donations from WH publicity. That went well.
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5148760/financial-history

Who the Charity helps. Spot the missing group. A Tunnock Teacake for the first correct answer.
https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5148760/what-who-how-where

Given the income of the charity is extremely small, I doubt it. The trustees are unpaid.

If Steph is getting paid for this it won't be a lot I shouldn't think. Expenses maybe.

Is Steph getting paid for the role do we know?

@Bloodeehell It is very a bit silly to classify the very early stages of embryonic development as phenotypically female. It is before the development into male or female. A female is not just anything without a penis and testes. It is an entire reproductive system. The human embryo has a tail until around 8 weeks, but I don’t think we think human embryos are actually part fish (even phenotypically) until the tail disappears.

Just when you think the debacle couldn't insult women any further, here comes Ben.

Having listened to most of the interview, I do wonder why Jodie and the trustees thought that someone who runs their own business and is also already the CEO and director of a large Community Interest Company (TransLucent) would have the time and capacity to also be the CEO of this charity.

Another thought after listening, Jodie should not claim that she has 100% support in this appointment until she has done an anonymous well thought out survey of her service users.

If Steph could get Emma Barnett's name right that would help.
Well, it wouldn't actually but at least it would demonstrate some basic courtesy.

Pricks gonna prick,

No wonder I can't vote Labour at next election. :(

But it forms part of a trend particularly within the charity sector and trans trojan horsing.

Just because its small, doesn't mean its not an important isse. Its a charity thats representative of a wider issue of trans women jumping in and declaring women's health issues as their own. That includes Stonewall. That includes the many facebook groups on anything from breastfeeding to endo. And its definitely part of the whole NHS erasure of women and single sex provision.

It matters.

Imagine trying to mansplain endometriosis to Emma Barnett.

And the grave error in judgment in hiring this absolute misogynist as a CEO and trustee and the PR face of a women's health charity? Do you think she now realises that terrible mistake?

Sure, she is upset. She needs to own that she has made that error and not blame nasty women for that error being pointed out to her.

And it’s for reasons such as this that Steph and others feel validated.
If in doubt, roll out bullying, transphobia, TERF etc rather than present a well thought out discussion.

They were painfully out of their depth and the backslappers doing them no favours.