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Lush’s trans tiger display ‘glorifying’ mastectomies

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IwantToRetire · 19/06/2026 18:51

The cosmetics brand Lush has been accused of “glorifying the removal of healthy breasts” over its transgender Pride display, which features a tiger with mastectomy scars.

A store in Chelmsford, Essex, has a window display of a cartoon tiger alongside the words “Proud of My Stripes”, with stripes painted in the pink, blue and white colours of the transgender flag.

The tiger also features stripes suggestive of “top surgery”, a procedure most commonly sought by transgender men and non-binary people to remove their breasts.

The image was shared on social media by Chelmsford city council. The post has since been edited to remove it.

Full article at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/16/cosmetics-brand-lush-trans-tiger-glorifying-mastectomies/

And at https://archive.is/aPpAT

Sorry if this has already been posted but searching FWR didn't bring up this report.

Lush’s trans tiger display ‘glorifying’ mastectomies
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Neversofaraway · 22/06/2026 07:39

Zoonosis · 21/06/2026 22:09

Comparing a mastectomy for breast cancer with gender affirming top surgery is comparing apples and oranges. The purpose of cancer surgery is to remove as much breast tissue as possible, sometimes including surrounding structures and lymph nodes. The risk of long term side effects such as nerve damage, lymphedema, chronic pain, limited motion, are high due to the extent of the surgery. Gender affirming surgery on the other hand does not take all of the breast tissue and does not touch the surrounding tissue, meaning the risks are much lower. They're not non-existent - no surgery is zero risk - but it's deeply misleading to present an article about cancer surgery and pretend the same applies to gender affirming surgery. It is a much lower risk procedure and serious side effects are much rarer.

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Going to be difficult to do screening mammograms after gender affirming surgery which leaves some breast tissue behind.

lcakethereforeIam · 22/06/2026 08:36

They'll be listed as male by the NHS so they won't be called for screening. Unless something is set up to screen for protrate cancer. They might get called then. Imagine how affirming that will be.

See, it all works out!

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