Escalating anti-LGBT+ hate and the terrorism it inspires
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Because of course it wouldn't stop at trans people; bi erasure from Stonewall
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After Erasing 'Trans' References Under Trump, Stonewall Website Deletes Another Part Of LGBTQ
The National Park Service restored at least one mention following backlash about the quiet change.
British Labour Party now officially transphobic (and actually much more transphobic than the Conservative Party was until quite recently). It’s banned CLPs (local party branches) from even discussing and disagreeing with the British supreme court’s recent verdict on transgender people.
M&S 'sorry' after woman complains that 'trans' employee offered to help her
Marks & Spencer has apologised after an allegedly trans employee offered a customer help while in one of the retailer's shops.
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Transphobic Karen assumes someone must be trans because she's tall; somehow the store apologizes to the bigot instead of to the recipient of the bigotry.
Nobody does anymore. "The customer is always right" has trickled all the way up to top-level management (but only if the customer is bitching about insipid things, not if they're expecting actual basic consumer protections that should be a universal human right).
Spent 19 years in retail. Managers love to claim that they have your back, but the minute a customer complains about anything, you're in deep jive. Customer service workers are treated as a disposable resource, not humans.
Republican makes 'disgusting' call for mass institutionalisation of trans people
Texas Republican Ronny Jackson has been branded 'disgusting' after calling for trans people to be banned from public life.
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More than 1.6m sign petition opposing Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards
Opponents of scheme for people working in UK describe it as a ‘step towards mass surveillance and digital control’
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