Steph Richards (TIM) again appointed to a position at endometriosis charity

[Whatchamacallitt]

The headline dishonestly implies that the issue with this appointment is because Richards is trans-identified, rather than because he is male. I wouldn't have any issue with a trans-identified woman affected by endometriosis being appointed. You'd think they would have learnt their lesson from last time when he was appointed CEO. If Richards and the charity gave a damn about women they would have taken on board the level of offence generated then.

Oh great Otter, thanks a lot. I’m now tainted by being next to you in the thread. I hope there’s a reform candidate I can vote for in May, because that’s what I’m going to have to do now.

His only skill for the job is he claims he's a women, his only reason for wanting the job is because it's a way for him to appropriate something only women can have.
Women on here are objecting to his appointment for that reason, if you're a women why aren't you.
It's literally impossible for a human being to change sex, it is literally impossible for a human to be born in the wrong body.
Why are you supporting a counter factual narrative that has no bases in reality, that has stripped women of their rights, their 'identity', which is trying to erase them from the narrative of the human race.
Why are you happy to lie?

Pronouns are sex based, whatever you think. Richards is a male. His pronouns are he/his. Always has been, always will be. He needs a finger up his arse to check his prostate. No actual woman needs that.

No one is trying to police the employment or volunteering opportunities of MALES.

We're saying things that affect the female sex should be represented by.....females. What would a man who ejaculated most his life and never had a period know about endometriosis? He is STEALING an employment and volunteering opportunity from a female.

Should Rachel Dolezal (a snow white woman who browns her skin and wears an afro wig and self-identifies as an African American be allowed to steal the employment position on the NAACP and represent them?

Should a person with eyesight be able to steal the employment of a blind person and speak on behalf of the blind?

Do you NOW see how ridiculous, and deeply insulting, misogynist and offensive you are being in saying a male with a penis and nutsack and prostate should have the right to steal the employment or volunteering opportunities of a female?

He does not have the skills needed. He has never menstruated.

Our objection is that he is MALE. Not that he is 'trans'. It is not 'illegal' to have Muslims represent Muslims, black people represent black people, or female people represent female people.

Just cuddle up to Farage. After all, that’s what all us TERFs do, isn’t it? When we’re not out spending all that right-wing Christian evangelical money, that is.

'He's always a fella to me' scans better. Amd now I have an earworm.

Still waiting for that cheque. I wonder what Nige smells like? Coffee breath, Old Spice and hubris is my guess.

I think we all know he isn’t, irrelevant though it is, agreed,

So many reasons why this man should not have had this job in the first place.

And of course, the absolute standout one is that he thinks he's a woman.

He thinks that a woman is a feeling in a man's head and a collection of stereotypes.

Like fuck should he be representing women in anything, much less a specifically female only medical condition.

Stale fags, beer breath and smugness.

This person has no relevant skills or experience. He is not suitably qualified in any way to be a spokesperson for an endometriosis charity. He is, however, very good at pretending to be what he is not.

He’s a hairdresser.

I’m waiting for the argument that hairdressers are female adjacent enough to be experts in gynaecological conditions.

You're absolutely right, that scans much better.

Sounds like a dodgy solicitors firm.

Your idea though, and a good one!

Thanks for the mental image, BC!

Hello there. Would you be able to explain what you think makes Steph a woman, please? I am keen to understand how a man becomes a woman, I ask often and no one can tell me. How does the change occur, and what are the changes? Thank you.

Oh @TheyAreLovelyLovelyPeopleyour faux wide eyed innocence is truly icky.

Icky?

Are you 4 years old?

Oh can YOU tell me, please? As I said, I do want to understand. Thank you.

I think may people have a reasonable suspicion that he actually doesn't have any skills in fundraising, policy or business management at all, and that the only reason that he was appointed was becase he's trans-identifying.

If this man had had a long career in the charity sector and a demonstrable track record of success at the things that you mention, then you might have a point.

The only data I can find is that he has "worked with" three charities in the past. That's a really weak statement. "Working with" could mean as little as a weekly volunteer slot of a couple of hours, or even being the benficiary of support. I've "worked with" probably a dozen charities through my life, but it would politely be described as a stretch to say that qualifies me for the CEO position of this one.

Certainly if my "working with" three charities were in any stronger sense than something trivial and I were he then I would have found a way to say so - which charities, and which roles I fulfilled for them.

I can see why it might be helpful for a charity CEO to have some experience with or closely related to the charity's beneficial purpose, and I can also see that it's not mandatory. If a competent man had been appointed, this would be a very different discussion. It doesn't appear that the man who was appointed was in any way qualified, which leads one to the obvious answer to the question "why him?"

If it's a simple question - wide eyed or not - then it should have a simple cogent answer.

We'll wait.