Stonewall: 100 per cent white, 95 per cent male

[theOtherPamAyres]

Stonewall would probably argue some of its staff identify as black and that there is an over-representation of feminine genders, so that's alright then.

Taken from the Tweet of @GNCmaninpink

what's the picture of Pam?

Am missing the point - half the people in the picture are woman??

The photo shows Stonewall's staff.

Possibly the least diverse organisation to receive government funding and sponsorship, ever?

Depends how you define women I suppose...

www.stonewall.org.uk/trans-advisory-group

Aimee Challenor stars. With helpful link to Aimee's website

According to their financial report, in Nov 2017

56% of our staff were female
6% of our staff identified as trans
14% of our staff were from black or ethnic minority communities
13% of our staff considered themselves to be disabled
27% of our staff were heterosexual
18% of our staff were bisexual
23% of our staff had a faith

beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02412299/filing-history

Filed on 23 March 2018

Bisexual but no gay or lesbian??

It looks like a lot of the people in the picture dress as women. I wouldn't say they are women though, not in the same way that I am.

Looking all white ppl ther3 to me

6%?

Was that photo taken on 'Bring a trans friend to work' day?

Just had a closer look, I would suspect every single one of them was given a boys name when they were born.

Feck

No - and this is why:

"Today, society has moved on and Stonewall no longer needs to maintain a strict distinction between sexual orientation and gender identity. Historically, we thought it was the right thing to do. Over the last four months I’ve spoken to hundreds of trans people who say we were wrong to maintain that distinction and we made it worse by making mistakes. We recognise the impact of mistakes we have made in the past. We are aware that we have missed opportunities to open up this conversation far sooner. We apologise to trans people for the harm that we have caused"

Quote by CEO of Stonewall, female lesbian Ruth Hunt

Translation: I've been gaslighted by lots of heterosexual men who identify as women that they are therefore lesbians

And the mystery as to why Stonewall are gleefully throwing women under the bus continues.

I don’t think that is a picture of Stonewall staff, it looks like the trans advisory group. Yes there are fewer out trans people (& LGB people) who are from BAME backgrounds but that’s something Stonewall actively addresses.

No I can see natal women in there.

Really ?

Don’t look like their actively addressing it is working tbh

"Actively addresses"? Because they'd like to increase the numbers?

timelady can I just clarify that 'gay' wasn't mentioned in that rundown?

So the gay rights organisation Stonewall has erased gay/lesbian people?

I can't fucking believe this madness.

Nearly all the 'women' in that photo are actually men. Theres an actual woman somewhere near the back. I guess she knows her place.

Yes it actively addresses under-representation and has quite a few BAME staff who are not in that photo! (Also, I have no idea where the 95% male comes from. That’s definitely not true. Even if you count trans women as male then surely you’d count trans men as female! And there are most definitely trans men in that photo.) Seriously. Write to Stonewall and ask questions if you’re interested but don’t jump to conclusions based on a misleading photo on Twitter.

Difficult in a photo but grey cowl neck near front. She's got short hair. That's how I know

It’s not misleading. The picture is what it is

Not one person who isn’t white in it

It’s misleading to say the photo is representative of Stonewall staff who are far more diverse. And it’s misleading to say the people in the photo are all male. I think there is a wider issue about why charities tend to attract rich white people but I don’t think that’s specific to Stonewall.