Transphobic Christmas lights

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Can't believe more people aren't up in arms about the transphobic Harry Potter Oxford Street lights.

Apparently a mere 10,000 people have sent emails to London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan demanding that he ‘pull the plug on transphobia’ and cancel the themed lights.

The Good Law Project, who are always at the forefront of good sense and well-rounded thinking are quite rightly outraged that trans folk can't possibly feel Christmassy when inanimate twinkly Christmas lights are mocking their right to feel festive.

Down with this sort of thing.

Let not sea and land bring us as a gift their precious dung

As anyone who has been given the abomination that is a Terry’s Chocolate Orange will attest.

I don't go mad for Christmas, but I do fancy making a tabernacle of the belly and a pillar of greasy sausages, I have to admit.

Oh, no no NO. Not rainbows. That would be about LGB people & therefore transphobic.

Pink and blue stripes would be acceptable.

I'm now desperate for a pillar of greasy sausages, along with a flagon of butter beer which I will consume while sitting in my comfy chair re-reading the Philosopher's Stone.

Having seen youngest through university five years. His take on tutors/lecturers was the male ones just wanted you to do well so they did well. The only dodgy ones were female, by no means all btw. They had a bias against certain students who just wanted to do the work, get the marks and move on.

Astonishingly one lecturer lived in NYC. Gave one lecture a week uploaded to you tube. Marked work received by email and never saw a student in person.

The students reckoned she was working for a USA university as well.

It really hasn't. The vast majority of people either agree with JKR or aren't interested.
The press has tried to turn this into a far bigger issue than it actually is because she's so famous and they think it's great clickbait.

😆😆😆

Quite, “polarising” seems to be the latest way to try and shut people up. “NO DEBATE, BIGOT” didn’t work so it became “It’s complicated”. Then when it was widely understood that it really really isn’t, either biologically or legally, out came “It’s polarising” which is just “Be kind” with a whiff of “You unpleasant wims are causing this situation”.

Oh, gawd. I'm a female professor. Has it occurred to you that many young people (of both sexes) are just as sexist as society at large and routinely assume the female personnel to be less capable? These effects have been shown to be at work in recruitment, and there is no reason at all to assume they would be absent in assessment.

I'm relatively senior now and I certainly see it in the patterns of feedback on junior colleagues by students. There is a hint of condescension, combined with high expectations of supportiveness and flexibility, towards females, and a hint of deference towards the men.

Also please note that female lecturers are considerably more likely to be expected to carry the load of a family 'on the side'. Which frankly is liable to affect performance at times.

(Haven't RTFT - how did this comment end up in this thread? 🤔)

That is depressing to hear, and unfortunately unsurprising.

If that's all you have to worry about OP you have a very lucky life!
(& so it seems do 10,000 others!)

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Shocked at how many didn’t understand the satire of the OP 🤯

I remember a news item like that from about twenty years ago: a Catholic school headteacher banned Harry Potters, saying that the occult was very real and dangerous.

Can I interest you in a definition of 'satire'?

Wasn't it that the owner of The Entertainer shops wouldn't stock HP merchandise because of its witchcraft/occult nature?

A little light Googling tells me that the Entertainer did used to refuse to sell toys tied to Harry Potter, Stranger Things, Wicked, Pokémon and KPop Demon Hunters, amongst others.

However, since ownership was transferred to an employee trust, last year I believe,, it now sells those lines, saying that the business is “evolving its range to meet customer demand”, which I parse as "needing to make money".

https://toyworldmag.co.uk/the-entertainer-announces-biggest-ever-range-refresh/

Astonishing, isn't it, how the desire for profit - or even just the need for solvency - can influence the view from one's moral high ground.

To be fair, the decision was made by the new owners after Gary Grant relinquished control of the business.

Had he still been in charge, it's quite possible that the shops would still not be selling Harry Potter etc. goods.

I think some people need real life issues, and concentrate on that 😂😂😂

You probably should hve put the /s at the end.

And people are allowed to protest, and not agree with tax payers funding somebody who has explicitly said she will use the money to support anti trans legislation. I am not sure why everyone is pretending they don't understand why people may wish to do this. You don't have to agree but I think it is pretty clear what they are protesting about.

I guess if you are a trans person in the UK who can no longer use a public toilet or access health care you might think it was a real life issue

You can use a public toilet that aligns with your sex

If pro-women is anti trans then pro-trans is anti women

Luckily trans people can use public toilets @Bobafett2020. They have the same rights as everyone else.

Of course they can use public toilets. Just not the ones for the opposite sex.