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It's not homophobic to ask whether #Pride needs a rethink. Are you #OverTheRainbow? Share your pics and views with us. Pro-LGB, non-religious
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WTF is this, @MayorofLondon?. And @Tesco @DailyMirror @thisisheart @Independent @CMS_law @PrideInLondon??. Reader - are you as disturbed by this as we are? . Please 'Like' if you want answers ❤️. 🧵 More #WeAreEverywhere pics. #FlaggedOff .#OverTheRainbow 🌈😭
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Who thinks @Tesco's marketing director should be sacked immediately?. 1. They were the main sponsor at the British LGBT Awards, where David Tennant wished Kemi Badenoch 'didn't exist' and would 'shut up'. If that seemed OK, what was the vibe of the night?.
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Is it normal to tell staff and customers how to behave *at home* @ClarksVillageUK?. This list is bananas 🍌🍌🍌. Who signed it off - DEI, HR or marketing?. Mini 🧵
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Ban 'Woman' T-shirts on planes says trans influencer, after 'panic attack' caused by fellow passenger's clothes. Fox Fisher demands to feel 'safe' from 'dog whistle' outfits on flights 🙄. Are @VirginAtlantic's 'inclusive' adverts, uniforms & pronoun pins about to backfire? 🤭
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Delicious - this FTM trans influencer admits that 27 parents pulled their kids out of her indoctrination class this week - up from 2, last year. Is parent power working??. PS. She says she was mentored by Nancy Kelley.
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Wait - didn't @YvetteCooperMP's own son push harmful / hateful views when heckling Nadhim Zahawi at Warwick University?. And he still works for Trans in the City, a lobby group still championing puberty blockers. Sounds pretty extreme to us.
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😱 David Tennant's British LGBT Awards speech: . ‘Until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist anymore… I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up.'. 'Pride is very important in our house. We have skin in the game.'. #OverTheRainbow 🌈😤.
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Is this man's semi 🍆 more important than the comfort of the women who work for you, @HSBC_UK?. Can you confirm this photo was taken at your offices during #Pride2024, and whether you see anything here that's inappropriate for the workplace? Zoom in if you need to 🧐. Mini🧵
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Sadiq Khan: 'There is an epidemic of male violence against women and girls in this country. '. This you, @MayorofLondon?. Looks pretty violent to us. And you're male
There is an epidemic of male violence against women and girls in this country. I welcome the Government’s plans to tackle the root causes of this violence and address misogyny with the seriousness it deserves.
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Oh, and they also recommend @Mermaids_Gender @stonewalluk and @switchboardLGBT as 'useful links'. No, @ClarksVillageUK, we see YOU 🧐
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Hi @premierinn The reception in your Reading branch looks like this today. What message are you sending to people who stay at your hotels? Do you know why this flag is controversial and even offensive to many of your customers (and staff)?.#OverTheRainbow
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Hey Peckham @feministlibrary - Is this your standard greeting to customers? . AUTONOMY FOR TRANS YOUTH OR GET F*CKED. CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO. NO NO NO. TERF TORY. Are all women welcome in this 'feminist' space?. (Pic taken today)
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Seriously, @MayorofLondon?. These aren't the Pride colours and you know it. Weren't the Regent St 'Progress' flags enough?. Or the sickening 'top surgery' billboards?. Why are you pushing this 'trans' sh*t onto Londoners?. REMOVE IT ALL, NOW. #FlaggedOff.#OverTheRainbow 🌈😤
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Your office looks insane, by the way. What on Earth is going on? Your poor reception staff shouldn't have to work under these conditions. Should we send help? An interior designer? Paracetamol?
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How will you handle questions and complaints from staff and customers who think you've lost the plot?. This might help:. It's really important to understand the Equality Act 2010, don't you think?. #FlaggedOff.#OverTheRainbow.
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Back to the 🍆 Look, before you say we're being bitchy about this employee's style choices, this is his LinkedIn profile pic - literally right now. And we all know that mirror is there to entice people to share their photos - so he did. This is on him and you, @HSBC_UK, not us
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While we've got you, whose idea was 'The Tree of Pride'? 🌴. Can you give some examples of the sort of 'pledge' you expect customers to tie to its branches?. Will people be punished if they break their pledges in the next 12 months? . This all sounds a teensy bit scary & weird 😨
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Was this mirror designed to increase narcissism? Congrats, looks like it's working
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Hey @marksandspencer, . Are you making LGBT homelessness *worse*?. How much do you know about your #Pride2024 'Sparks' partner @aktcharity - a homelessness charity for 'LGBT youth'? We have serious concerns. 🧵
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Bummer though - the guide bombed. @SexMattersOrg @SeeninHR and @legalfeminist said it actually *creates risk* for employers who follow its insane advice. We hear it's circling the drain, as CIPD members wonder WTF they are paying for, and CEO @Cheese_Peter starts to sweat 😰
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No wonder @unisontheunion abandoned the Darlington nurses. These two 'goblins' just had a lovely weekend at Unison's LGBT+ conference. > One was a speaker! (Invited by @UNISONSteve?). > Check out their stupid signs. > Did anyone mention the nurses?. > Bring back the grown-ups!
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Yuck - is @jpmorgan championing puberty blockers?. Why is the investment bank hosting an event for a trans activist lobby group whose founder is still saying that confused kids should be given dangerous drugs? . 🧵
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Also, wait - Nic Onions-Kenyon. Do we know that name? Ah, yes! He contributed to the 'Transgender and non-binary inclusion at work' guide published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development @CIPD in September 2023. Here he is, in the acknowledgements
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TWO young women with amputated breasts appear in a new VIDEO for a Pride campaign backed by @MayorofLondon. Will @Keir_Starmer watch it? . And tell us again why it's 'toxic' for Rosie, JKR, Maya etc to demand @labour stops focusing on men's feelings?. 🧵.
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Your new logo makes a political statement. But what? Please clarify @premierinn's position on 1) medicalising trans identities of kids and young people 2) single sex spaces 3) whether men can be lesbians. We wouldn't normally ask, but you started it. #Pride2024 #OverTheRainbow
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Now, this one surprised us. They've gone rainbow-free at middle-class @sainsburys. Why? Spooked by the #CassReview? Top marks to their marketing director, who will have taken some heat for this at their HQ. (Stay strong - you made the right call)
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Top marks to Legal Feminist's hilarious and blistering take-down of the CIPD's gaffe-stuffed guide here.
The Legal Feminists have been reading CIPD's "Transgender and non-binary inclusion" guide.
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To finish, a round of #YesDebate: . 🤔 Have @HSBC_UK lost their minds?.🤔 Should women be able to object to working with a colleague who's dressed like this?.🤔 Is #Pride2024 working - or should we knock it on the head and rethink for 2025?. #FlaggedOff .#OverTheRainbow.🌈😤.
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@coccinellanovem @ClarksVillageUK Ooh, good questions! It's v exciting that @ClarksVillageUK feel so comfortable wading into the 'trans debate'. It sounds like they've thought everything through in detail, so they should be ready with great insights for us - and happy to provide answers, even at the weekend 👋😄.
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NEW: 'Katie' Neeves says he is working to 'reverse' the puberty blockers ban. Why is ANY UK employer still inviting him in to talk about 'gender diversity'?. Yes, we mean you @Deliveroo @wearehouse337 @wwt_inc. Still sure you've backed the right horse?
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No frills, no fuss. @LidlGB know who they are, and what their customers want. Beach balls and ice cream, not unicorns and puberty blockers. Good job.
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Is #TransAwarenessWeek 2024 tanking already? "This is the quietest TAW of my career, with cancellations, follow ups falling through and brand collaborations non-existent. ". - says this popular FTM trans influencer. Newsflash: 2025 will be even worse .😂😂😂
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'Transphobia'? . How much damage are these two doing at @tesco?. From a new backstage video from *that* LGBT Awards night. It explains a lot. including that mastectomy billboard ad, and being listed in the @stonewalluk top 100 employers list, out yesterday . #FlaggedOff 🌈😤
Who thinks @Tesco's marketing director should be sacked immediately?. 1. They were the main sponsor at the British LGBT Awards, where David Tennant wished Kemi Badenoch 'didn't exist' and would 'shut up'. If that seemed OK, what was the vibe of the night?.
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Was last night's @SchoolsOUTUK event as insane as it looks? Their 2025 theme is 'activism and social change'. Parents beware!
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Let's see which supermarkets have rainbow logos for #Pride2024, shall we? And which have realised that alternative perspectives exist?. Clue: It's a mixed bag, with some surprises 😮 . First up: @waitrose, weighing in with the misguided, middle-class confidence you'd expect.
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2. Along with @MayorofLondon, @Tesco are sponsoring @PrideInLondon's #WeAreEverywhere campaign, where a vulnerable young woman with mastectomy scars appears in this billboard ad.
WTF is this, @MayorofLondon?. And @Tesco @DailyMirror @thisisheart @Independent @CMS_law @PrideInLondon??. Reader - are you as disturbed by this as we are? . Please 'Like' if you want answers ❤️. 🧵 More #WeAreEverywhere pics. #FlaggedOff .#OverTheRainbow 🌈😭
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Side note: It's the CIPD's annual 'Festival of Work' event today and tomorrow, so we hope this thread doesn't stress them out too much. Cheese has just finished interviewing @Channel4 CEO @mahonalex and it would be a shame if this killed his buzz 🐝
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@SheTheDee1971 @ClarksVillageUK Agree! It's such a weird tone to take, especially with your own customers.
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So, did Onions-Kenyon and his 🍆 provide significant input to the CIPD guide? It's unclear, but there's a fair bit about lanyards, and in March 2023 he told @FinancialNews that these 'mean everything' to him
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WTAF @policeconduct. Can you guarantee you'll be '💯 independent' when handling complaints from gender critical people about shoddy treatment by the police?. These pics are not reassuring, they are chilling. PS. Can men be lesbians?. #FlaggedOff 🌈😤. H/t @PaddyKumar3.
🧵We were proud to march at London Pride today!. At Pride we celebrate how far we’ve come, but also recognise how much more there is to do for a society where all LGBTQ+ people can live free of discrimination, prejudice and hate. #PrideMonth #LondonPride @PrideInLondon 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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@Scotsceltgirl @ChrisFalconer16 @ClarksVillageUK Agree! Apart from anything else, this is just seriously off-brand. Sack the marketing director. (With apologies to the @ClarksVillageUK social media manager who will have to show them this tweet - have a great weekend 😂).
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What could be causing this? Is it:. a) A sudden spike in hateful, abusive parents kicking out their vulnerable kids?. Or. b) A pervasive, poisonous anti-family message being sent to trans-IDing youngsters that they are somehow 'unsafe' at home if their parents don't affirm them?.
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Glorious - on LinkedIn the @FA's Head of DEI has been buried under questions about women's football after smugly posting their new 4-year strategy with no mention of the 17-year-old autistic girl banned for noticing a man on the pitch. Link and sample comments in 🧵
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Enough, @MayorofLondon. It's 1 July. Take. Them. Down. Signed,.Every #FlaggedOff Londoner. 🌈😤
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4. The June issue of @Tesco magazine - produced by @cedarcontent - pushes trans ideology.
Dear @Tesco,. Why are you shoving ideology down customers’ throats in your June recipe magazine?. “I’m a she/they person so I identify as being a woman but often not”. “I talk about my queerness openly as a chef”. “Trans rights are being attacked”. “Shake off the oppression”
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3. And again - with a second young woman - in this grisly video, which makes us weep 😪.
TWO young women with amputated breasts appear in a new VIDEO for a Pride campaign backed by @MayorofLondon. Will @Keir_Starmer watch it? . And tell us again why it's 'toxic' for Rosie, JKR, Maya etc to demand @labour stops focusing on men's feelings?. 🧵.
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Uh oh. @marksandspencer's marketing director thought this was a 'good move'? We disagree - the result is divisive, offensive and way off-brand. Better luck next year!
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Is this word OK now? With no context, on a UK high street?. Outdoor advertisers @JCDecaux_UK think so. It's one of 16 billboards in their UK-wide 'All Varieties' campaign celebrating #Pride2024. @stephenfry calls it 'a wonderful thing'. Agree? Let's see the others. 🧵
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5. On arrival in store, shoppers are greeted with 'Progress' flags. Those who complain are told to shop elsewhere.
Further to this, I have been contacted by a Tesco customer who, when she complained about this ideological symbolism in her local store, was told: “if you don’t like it, don’t bother coming in again”. Do you really have such disdain for your customers, @Tesco?
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Is this what @Tesco customers want from their supermarket?. If the marketing director has lost touch with decency and reality, they should be removed immediately. Who thinks that pushing their dangerous and extreme political agenda on to the public should be a sackable offence?.
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Who thinks #PrideInLondon CEO Chris Joell-Deshields has been given waaaay too much power here?. And should we read anything into him being followed by @PeterTatchell? 🤔. @441_Man
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@JohnBoyneBooks @RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @jk_rowling @RoryStewartUK Stopped listening around this time last year. Both so dismissive of "trans issues" as "culture wars". and zero curiosity to find out why all the fuss. Also, how many female guests on the podcast EVER?.
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Whooop - LinkedIn has turned TERFy! 🥳. Nonsense 'LGBT' career advice laughed at by 100s . Users applauded for calling BS. Comments now switched off. Happy #Pride2024!! 😂. #FlaggedOff 🌈😤
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@HaunterCreative @HSBC_UK What are you looking at? The elegant lines of that well-cut dress?.
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It's July, @Morrisons @Tesco @marksandspencer @sainsburys. When does #Pride2024 end?. That's enough now. Signed,.Your #FlaggedOff customers .and staff .🌈😤. PS. Which other brands are still #FlaggingADeadHorse for Pride? Send us your pics
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While we're at it, their HR director should be hauled in for questioning too. What do @Tesco's own staff make of all this?. Are all perspectives on gender acceptable at their workplace?. Or only those shared by the wokesters in head office?. #FlaggedOff.#OverTheRainbow 🌈😤.
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In a further twist, Yvette Cooper's son Joel works for Trans in the City. He's a trans activist who could be considered 'extreme'. Perhaps he was radicalised online. Should someone call Prevent? @TerrorismPolice.
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@surma_jo @ClarksVillageUK Clarks Village is a collection of different retailers, but you're right that the original Clarks brand is still associated with shoes, especially for kids. So this weird list of commandments is extra weird and spooky.
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6. And their Twitter account has been captured by a cult.
Next, @Tesco. Oof! A bit of a surprise, this one, given their broad appeal. Note the banner, too. Looks like their marketing director is all in. What do we think? Trans-identified relative? Frightened of their young team? Or just 'be kind' and bad at their job?
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*NEW* Is Helen Webberley panicking - or trolling us?. - Begs us to let kids explore clothes and nail polish without making it a big deal (!). - Scolds us for 'clinging to outdated, oppressive gender norms' (!!). Either way, she must know she's screwed. Right?
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@JinnysJoe @ClarksVillageUK Yup! Welcome to 'inclusion' in 2024! . ("Be yourself. just not THAT self, bigot!").
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Really, @Morrisons? Does a heated political debate go well with that lovely summer buffet? Or does your clunky logo threaten to poison that dip? Unappetising.
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Uh-oh, look at the logo. Is this why London landowners @TheCrownEstate have ignored calls to bin the 60 giant 'Progress' flags dominating Regent Street for #Pride2024 - despite over 20,000 complaints?. Come on, spill. Who there has 'trans child', or likes to cross dress?💃
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Maybe we'll be safe if we play along, and pretend we're not scared of Sophie being in our loo. But we're probably not safe if we don't. He's said so himself. We shouldn't be put in that position. That's why men with GRCs must be kept out of our spaces. Do you see it yet?.
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PS. With apologies to the social media managers whose job it is to flag (ha!) these tweets to your marketing directors. Have fun! 😆.
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The billboard is at Shepherds Bush roundabout, west London, where locals also have to suffer this pedestrian crossing all year round 😤. Are these images OK .Labour @andyslaughtermp.Tory @AWNDinsmore .Reform @Lottillou.Lib Dem @Rostaqi.Green @Naranee2018.?
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Hi @EnglandRugby, your logo shows you're confident wading into the trans debate - exciting! 🌈🏈. What is your position on:. 1) Medicalising trans identities of kids and young people .2) Single-sex spaces .3) Whether men can be lesbians?. Can't wait to hear! Xx. #OverTheRainbow
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It's time to prepare for the collapse of 'trans' in 2025. Stupid, dangerous people like this are already creating panic among our youngsters. This new interview shows FtM trans influencer Jude Guaitamacci spreading fear to her vulnerable followers. Worrying, right?. 🧵
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But, wait - what? Nearly two thirds (62%) of them 'identified as trans or non-binary, or were questioning their gender identity'. That's FIVE HUNDRED young people . 'WTF IS HAPPENING?'. you might expect @aktcharity to wonder.
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NEW: Trans in the City urge their corporate sponsors to condemn puberty blockers ban!. Should @BarclaysUK @skytv @jpmorgan @premierinn @PwC_UK @GallagherUK @clydeconews ditch this dreadful lobby group NOW?. Pic: @TransITCUK founder Bobbi Pickard & Susie Green, Nov 2024
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Incredibly irresponsible from @TeenVogue. No - opponents of gender ideology don't have 'narrow beliefs about femininity' or want to 'police masculine women'. Why do YOU want to frighten your young readers with this dangerous nonsense, @versharma?.
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Next, @Tesco. Oof! A bit of a surprise, this one, given their broad appeal. Note the banner, too. Looks like their marketing director is all in. What do we think? Trans-identified relative? Frightened of their young team? Or just 'be kind' and bad at their job?
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What have the good people of #Newcastle done to deserve this 5-year rainbow migraine? 😖. Who are funders @NE1BID and was this coloured crossing really the best use of cash for the local community?. Also, is it safe?. #FlaggedOff.#OverTheRainbow 🌈😤.
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@2022Teacake @ClarksVillageUK Yes, that seems likely. but the grown-ups are responsible ultimately. and looks like their HR and marketing leads have both failed miserably. They must carry the can for this weirdness, including staff and customer complaints.
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How are you prepping for #FetishWeekLondon? . Big plans to celebrate the 'true self' that nobody wants to see?. ⛓️👠🧷👶🏼🍼🐶🐾.👣🔗💩💋🧸🚽🚻. Or are you as #FlaggedOff and #OverTheRainbow as we are?.🌈😤. (Lol we sense we might regret asking this one 😬). #FWL2024
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He isn’t the entertainment for a @RoyalLondon event. He WORKS THERE. #Pride2024 is his chance to:. 'Showcase the full diversity of the human race'. Thoughts & prayers to the sane RL employees forced to endure this madness. #FlaggedOff.#OverTheRainbow 🌈😬. Cc @SEENCityNetwork
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@WitchyMcWitch Fascinating, thank you. Where were you, if you are able to say?. #FlaggedOff #OverTheRainbow.
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Trans activists coming to your workplace for #TransAwarenessWeek starting tomorrow (Wed 13 Nov)?. Can't object - or tried but got shut down? Feeling #FlaggedOff and want revenge?. We're compiling a name & shame thread over the next week. Reply 'Please follow' if you need to DM
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Meet 'Sophie' - one of 1,088 people given a gender recognition certificate last year. now happily using women's bathrooms, and urging others to confront 'bigots' who challenge them. GRCs don't give these men the right to do this, but they certainly boost their confidence.
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@KateBMwriting "There is significant brand and partner nervousness around that topic [trans]. " said Cohen ( on the decision to reduce editorial focus on trans issues). That's an open admission that marketing directors are getting spooked. Great news 👍.
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In December 2023, Sophie urged his Linkedin (!) followers to #PunchABigot, adding:. 'They f*cking deserve whatever it takes to shut them up'. Fancy being alone with him by the basins?
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Moving on. AKT's 2022-3 impact report says they helped 817 young people that year. Great, right?
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Wait, billboards. Is anyone else having flashbacks to 2018?. Didn't @ThePosieParker put one up near the @LabourParty conference, defining 'Woman'? . Didn't it get taken down following claims it was 'propaganda' and 'hate speech'?. @StandingforXX .
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Hi @Screwfix Your new logo shows you're confident wading into the trans debate. What is your position on:. 1) Medicalising trans identities of kids and young people .2) Single-sex spaces .3) Whether men can be lesbians?. Can't wait to hear your thoughts, thanks! .#OverTheRainbow
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Qs for M&S: . How much has been raised for @aktcharity in June? . The money isn't fuelling a man-made youth homelessness crisis, is it?. Do @marksandspencer customers deserve reassurance that their kindness isn't making a bad situation worse?. #FlaggedOff.#OverTheRainbow 🌈😤.
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