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?
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 🧵
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
😱 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
🌈😤
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🧵
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.
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
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
🌈😤
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
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?
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 😨
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
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...
🧵
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 😰
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?
🧵
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
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?
🧵
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
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)
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
🌈😤
@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 👋😄
'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?
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...
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
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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 🐝
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
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?
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”
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?
🧵
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!
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...
🧵
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
?
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?
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
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
🌈😤
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
🌈😤
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?
@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
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
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.
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?💃
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
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...
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?
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
🌈😤
@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
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
@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 👍
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
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
🌈😤
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
Seriously, British Medical Journal? No-one thought it was a bad idea to fly this flag this year?
Or were they silenced because:
🤔 Someone senior has a 'trans child'...
🤔 Or is a cross dresser?
🤔 Or your HR and DEI teams are 'be kind' nightmares?
#OverTheRainbow
@bmj_latest
Side note: This is Spoor's X profile today. Fair to say he's 'all in' with trans ideology? He worked at
@aktcharity
for 18 years. What state did he leave it in?
Hey
@innocent
Do you still make smoothies, or are you now running a cult?
Locals near your London office are concerned.
Are you holding your staff hostage until they repeat 'Trans women are women, trans women are women...'??
Cc
@CocaCola_GB
#FlaggedOff
#OverTheRainbow
🌈😤
But nope - we see no curiosity from
@aktcharity
about the nature of the problem they claim to be solving.
Here is recently-departed CEO
@TimSpoor7
explaining why the organisation supported last year's
#StandWithTrans
campaign by
@StraightCharity
Congrats to sick f*cks
@Tesco
- sponsor of this grotesque ad campaign - announced today as one of
@stonewalluk
's top 100 UK employers for 2024.
This ad probably boosted their ranking.
Are you as
#FlaggedOff
as we are?
🌈🤬
If
@aktcharity
don't know what's causing 500 extra youngsters to need their help, they should probably find out, don't you think?
And shouldn't AKT take care not to fuel dangerously iffy messages themselves, with case studies and stats like this?
OOH... Has
@BarclaysUK
had a wobble over
#Pride2024
? Their logo is still BLUE.
Have they twigged that Pride is a teensy bit controversial now?
And that a chunk of the UK public is feeling
#FlaggedOff
and
#OverTheRainbow
?
This was them on 1 June 2023...
Unless AKT don't want to dig too deeply. Hmm... Could there be a conflict of interest here?
Does
@aktcharity
get more funding, the more vital their services appear to be?
We don't know. Do you,
@marksandspencer
?
Or
@PuttshackUK
, another
#Pride2024
partner?
@SheTheDee1971
@ClarksVillageUK
We're told these things are presented internally as being 'progressive' - but whose idea of progress is this? It all feels very student politics. Where are the grown-ups at
@ClarksVillageUK
? DEI probably led on this, but marketing and HR directors should both have said No
@TakedownMRAs
@ClarksVillageUK
Delighted to meet you, the pleasure is all ours! ☺️
At first we thought the same as you, but that list is on their main website, and all their Pride stuff seems to be for both staff and customers.
No?
Lol - thoughts and prayers to the
@Tesco
social media team who'll have to raise the success of this tweet with their boss... Tesco's marketing director 😆
@Jebadoo2
Thanks Dennis, glad our photo is being used to hold
@MayorofLondon
to account for this!
Note he blocked comments when he told us Regent Street would be decorated with 60 giant 'Progress' flags for
#Pride2024
too.
Who wants to tell him that
#NoDebate
is over?
#FlaggedOff
🌈😤
@marksandspencer
Marks and Spencer have a charity partner called AKT. The aims of the charity itself to help people in the LGBTQ community to combat homelessness is a very worthy one. However Marks and Spencer dont seem to have done due diligence on this particular organisation.
Here is Trans in the City CEO Bobbi Pickard calling restrictions on puberty blockers 'catastrophic'
(By 'promiscuous' puberty we assume Pickard means 'precocious' puberty)
What are you looking at
@moira_robin
?
A perfect new person springing from the carcass/'carapace' of the old you, discarded like roadkill?
What are we being asked to support during
#Pride2024
?
Why do you want us to sell this idea to confused kids?
#OverTheRainbow
🌈😬