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

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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.

There is a problem though when somebody who is from a cohort of men, some of whom fetishise women’s anatomy/ reproductive function, is representing a charity that deals with women’s anatomy/ reproductive function. So in this respect it is not just him being male that is the problem, it is him being trans.

Thats ONE - and nobody’s tried to explain it by saying that prostate cancer doesn't only affect men. It’s all about Laura Kerry’s experience and qualifications for the job. Whereas Steph….. has none.

She has lots of relevant experience. There is just a bunch of posters who are trying to make the facts fit a particular narrative.

Like saying she’s a hairdresser and ignoring her other experience. One of her strengths is that she knows about campaigning for unpopular, gender-based causes.

steph is a man who founded an entirely self serving organisation which is not a charity to promote himself and to trample over women's rights

thank you for your continued service in allowing us to point out his maleness

Do you have anything to back up your claims because nobody else has found anything to suggest this man has any of the experience you're claiming he has.

It’s worth saying again that his only comment on his charity experience is having “worked with” three charities before, two of which were “health related”.

Conspicuously absent is any mention of previous employment by any charity in any capacity at all. Working “with” could just be collecting donations on street corners and a weekly hour as a hospital volunteer.

has the charity explained what about his CV was so compelling? There’s no reason not to. Anything like “we welcome Steph whose previous roles include CEO at Charity X, Finance Director at Charity Y, and a strong record of political advocacy at Charity Z where she worked for 12 years.”

So a reasonable question is what is really special about this man, except for his skill at performative womanning?

Additionally it’s absolutely preposterous that a man who organises protests OUTSIDE A FEMINIST CONFERENCE should represent a charity that deals with an issue affecting women. The implication is that only the right sort of women would have access to the charity.

Like organising protest where requests to suck men’s dicks are chalked on the pavement outside a feminist conference? We’re supposed to believe that actually qualifies him for the job?

Fab post!

Also at said protest Steph was handing out leaflets with pictures of himself on. Which I think shows what above all he wants to promote, and it ain’t women’s health.

Like access to women's spaces, for instance?

This man thinks that women have a lady brain, and he has one. He protests feminism.

If a white man pretended to be black, would you agree that he could represent black people?

And of course any man who identifies as trans shouldn't be doing anything like this.

There is a significant cohort of trans identified men who fetishise women's anatomy, including things like menstruation and conception.

The last thing they should be doing is representing women.

You're basing your evaluation of his experience to represent women for this charity on the fact that he campaigned to force women to accept that men can become women?

I think you proved our point for us.

Am I remembering correctly that there are only two people in this charity, one of which is Steph himself?

And now he's resigned, has anyone else taken his place?

Unbelievable, isn't it.

This man should represent women, because he protests feminism, wants access to their intimate spaces, and tries to make them comply with his male centric ideology !

And as far as TRAs go, that is a genuine recommendation 🤣

Wasn't that the self importantly named "Steph's Place"? 😂

Think Steph found some mates and is now involved with "Translucent"?

He won’t be of much help here as it’s a sex based condition. Gender ideology has nothing to do with it. It’s like he is good at advocating for religious beliefs or feelings or mental health conditions like dysphoria.

Well bully for him - but nothing to do with sex based conditions - one of which affects 10% of women and takes a long time for diagnosis and leaves them in real pain.

Probably. I can't keep up. One place gets bad press, so they start another.

I’ve always assumed it was called “Steph’s Place” in order to mimic WPUK

SPUK?

You could weave a pretty pertinent acronym into that.

Like trying to shut down women’s rights. Yup. He has a lot of experience in that. And that’s an unpopular gender based cause. Unlike endometriosis, which is sex based and only affects females.

The wannabee laydees over on Reddit are complaining about Suella Braverman calling Steph a man

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1sobq5b/complaint_about_discriminatory_remarks_by_suella/

If a TIF applied for the job Steph has walked away from I would support them 100%.

There appears to be a fundamental flaw in the complaint which frames Suella Braverman as somehow bound by the Equality Act 2010 in what she says or does in Parliament.

She's not an employer (of Steph), nor does she provide a public service, nor is she a charity or educational establishment or as far as I can tell any other body or person to whom the EA applies.

Additionally MP's words in Parliament attract unqualified privilege, for obvious reasons.

Go on. What experience, exactly?

For comparison, this is the CEO of Prostate Cancer UK

Laura is our Chief Executive and she joined us in February 2022. She’s worked in health and wellbeing for over two decades and has a wealth of knowledge across the healthcare landscape. She’s held various senior leadership positions in private healthcare businesses and was an Executive Board member at Nuffield Health, the largest not for profit in the UK.
For the past eight years, Laura has been a Chief Executive in the voluntary sector. She’s led two national cancer charities, Penny Brohn UK and Myeloma UK and has developed a patient-centric approach to research and cancer support. She’s committed to transforming patient experiences and influencing positive changes in care. Her dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer four years ago and she’s driven to ensure future lives aren’t shortened or limited by prostate cancer.
In 2018 Laura undertook a Master of Science Degree in People and Organisation Development at Roffey Park Institute to study leadership and improve her own practice.

Steph’s role was voluntary, and for a charity that depended on volunteers. Turnover £20k per annum.

Prostate Cancer UK: turnover £45 million + per annum.

Not a fair comparison.