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Shirine Khoury-Haq on “protecting trans people to the end”

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PopstarPoppy · 04/05/2025 12:01

According to this morning’s news:

Shirine Khoury-Haq said the trans community brought a “massive business benefit” to the Co-op. She told The Telegraph: “These are highly talented people who, if they feel loved, if they feel valued, if they feel like they can bring their whole selves to work, their contribution is immense.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/04/ill-protect-trans-people-to-the-end-vows-co-op-boss/

What about the contribution of WOMEN, Shirine? Don’t they count??

And why does ‘protecting trans people’ have to come at the expense of protecting women?

These useful idiots for the TRA brigade don’t seem to register that it doesn’t have to be either/or, it’s quite possible to work to protect both groups. Trans women do not need to have access to women’s spaces to be protected, they simply need spaces that are separate from those provided for men. The reason that has been repeatedly rejected by the TRA mob says more about the motivations of trans women (requiring the rest of us to validate their identity) than anything else, and is a big part of why we are where we are. If there hadn’t been such a push to be ‘inclusive’ of transwomen in every possible situation – eg forcing through things like describing smear tests as necessary for ‘people with a cervix’ rather than women – there wouldn’t have been the pushback there has been. Nor would we be in this situation had women’s feelings been met with empathy, rather than repeated threats, which ironically undermine the argument that transwomen are no threat to them!

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TheOtherRaven · 04/05/2025 12:24

'Love' a trans person: destroy a woman's rights today.

Gettingbysomehow · 04/05/2025 12:21

I don't see how such a tiny section of the population manages to make such a big noise. Women make a big noise and we are largely ignored.
I still have loads of Facebook friends posting nonsense such as trans women are biological women every single day. No they are not. Stop being brainwashed.

ApocalipstickNow · 04/05/2025 12:20

That’s great!

So she’ll be making sure there’s additional toilets and (if required) changing facilities available in all co-op buildings then?

And doing lots of training with men on acceptance of difference? Thumbs up!

OuterSpaceCadet · 04/05/2025 12:13

Whaaaat. That's not even a normal way to talk about another human. That's how one might talk about a particular breed of dog. "Labradors are highly intelligent creatures and can make loyal and loving pets if you'll only agree to prevent them eating objects that will kill them".