They have received a number of complaints
But wait – people are still thinking about other things. It’s not all pandemic from morning to night.
March 17, less than a week ago – a guy at Leeds City Council sends a hostile letter to someone about a Woman’s Place event at Leeds City Hall more than four months ago. What is Leeds City Council guy so hostile about four months later and during a pandemic? He’s hostile about “alleged statements about misgendering by speakers at the meeting and a Social Media post which was allegedly tweeted by the organisers about the use of gendered toilets and which toilets guests should use.” More than four months later, during a pandemic. Omigod some women talked about misgendering four months ago! Send them a fierce bossy letter immediately! Don’t forget your mask!
Also…”As a service user of a building belonging to Leeds City Council i[t] is not appropriate for any organisers of a meeting using the venue to make such comments on which toilets visitors could and couldn’t use and the post could be classified as offensive.” So…people holding a meeting at Leeds City Hall can’t say the women’s toilets are to the right and the men’s to the left? It’s now forbidden to say which toilets are which and where they are? Or are the toilets at Leeds City Hall now all “gender-neutral”? Or what? Is it really now municipal government policy to bully and rebuke women for using women’s toilets?
All this “could,” the letter says, “be classed as offensive and not in accordance with our equality policy,” the one that says women have to put up with men in the women’s toilets, so “we would welcome your comments on these points which were brought to our attention within 15 working days.”
Within fifteen working days during a pandemic, that is, when everyone is self-isolating and having to deal with the logistics of self-isolation but nevertheless has nothing better to do than send “comments” to Leeds City Council on the fact that some women dared to hold an event and say where the women’s toilets are.
I can think of some comments I would make. Well, two comments. Fuck, and off.
Wait, toilets are gendered now? Have I been using the wrong pronoun to refer to toilets all this time?
#1 wins the internet today. Good one.
This letter could be classed as offensive. Therefore, I too require “comments” (whatever the fuck that means) from the author within 15 working days.
Yeah. “You want comments? I’ll give you comments!!”
I’d write back on the basis that punctuation is important. If the event was 4 months ago, and the “points” were brought to your attention within 15 working days, why have you taken 3.5 months to contact us?
I would also deny the validity of “alleged statements”, and require them, in writing, with full disclosure of sources. Same for any alleged tweets and facebook posts. The best way to fight bureaucracy is with more bureaucracy.