Homotopia x Sophie Green. Interesting poster design.

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These posters have started to appear in shops around Liverpool, in response to the Supreme Court Ruling.

Is it just me or does it look like a penis? That's what I'm seeing, but I doubt that was their intention.

https://www.homotopia.net/trans-women-welcome-sophie-green-x-homotopia-%F0%9F%8F%B3%EF%B8%8F%E2%9A%A7%EF%B8%8F/

Making it all about men as usual. I wonder what happens to businesses that say no.

Why wouldn’t trans people be welcome in shops in general? Shopping isn’t a sex segregated activity!

Looks like a tongue to me. Not sure if that’s better or worse!

So, just the "trans women" then!
Everything was all about the trans men a few weeks ago. How quickly they forget.

Why wouldn’t trans people be welcome in shops in general? Shopping isn’t a sex segregated activity!

Exactly. It's just feeding the ridiculous narrative that trans identifying men not being able to use women's toilets/other single sex spaces = can't go anywhere in public anymore.

I've never heard of any shops or businesses having issues with trans people entering.
Unless they're Lily Tino

The urethra is agonisingly just too short and needs to be excised.

Indeed. I wonder how transmen feel about this and if they are voicing concerns . It's clearly not about the transgender community as a whole. Just the male ones.

It looks like a tongue. It looks really horrid. I think I'd go to a different shop to be honest.

What is the point of it though - is it for shops that should be providing single sex spaces or something? Or just another 'put this up or regret it' type thing?

It looks like Douglas Hurd's hair used to look on Spitting Image, but coloured. It's not very nice is it?

Like others I don't see the point of it. It's not as though transwomen were banned from shops before and now some are deciding to let them in.

No, it is not just you.

Would be a lovely poster to put up in male toilets...

😁

65% tongue, 35% penis, for me!

New Zealand flatworm.

Which, is, incidentally, a very problmenatic invasive species.

Reminds me of Oxfam's thing a while back saying that all genders were welcome in their shops...well yes,you're a shop; you'd be a pretty shit shop if you didn't want to sell stuff to your customers, however they 'identify'. Ffs. This is just performative nonsensical shit.

I thought tongue.

Tbh I feel much the same way about rainbow flags, of all types, on most businesses etc. Or libraries, and staff are like "Oh, we welcome all in the library." Well, yes, actually libraries are often frequented by all kinds of people, in fact I regularly order in books for a pimp out on parole (sci-fi,) so I really don't think we are worried about people whose sexual interests we know nothing about or really almost any other category I can think of. As long as they aren't harassing other patrons or leaving meth crystals around to be found by kids I am happy.

Consider it a helpful indicator of businesses which aren’t interested in women’s custom.

There's a similar thing in Nottingham called "Your Spaces Too". Pledge your business's allegiance to the cause and receive a window sticker to show how inclusive you are.

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/full-list-100-notts-businesses-10175139

The campaign keeps a spreadsheet - yes, a spreadsheet! - that's colour-coded to indicate how "inclusive" businesses are. Woe betide you if you're colour-coded red!

My friend runs a business in Nottingham and was initially concerned about this. She just wants to keep out of it and get on with running her business, after having Brexit, Covid, NI changes and all kinds of other shit to deal with over the past few years.

We discussed it and came to the conclusion it wouldn't harm her not to display this sticker because transpeople make up such a miniscule proportion of her income. There's no threat to income or reputation for her.

I don't judge those who are displaying the sticker. I know for certain that some venues have chosen to do it because they don't want any flak, because they were "inclusive" anyway and don't see that anything's changed, or because it's just another sticker to add to all the others on the window and it makes them look good.

It does look like a penis. Oh dear, I'm sure that wasn't intentional.
When will this nonsense ever stop. They should try being born women and see how they like being oppressed ALL of the time.

Homotopia was an incredible arts festival years ago before all this took hold. If this is all it’s good for now that’s a huge shame.

I wouldn't say Sophie Green is "fantastically talented" at all.

i haven’t seen these posters around, but actually I would judge a business displaying one - they’ve made a decision to stuff women’s rights for a quiet life…. Not a business I want to support 🤷‍♀️

Edited to add - and especially if it’s a clothes shop. I’d like appropriate fitting rooms!

Or the shouty “it’s ma’am” guy who then trashed the shop.

Or the ones who get angry when they are barred from the women’s changing rooms.

Or the one who gets his willy out in department store cafes on a regular basis.