Who’s a cute little banky then
And another one. Lloyds Bank ffs.
The reaction to the judgment serves as an important reminder that, while the law is the law, our culture remains dead-set against women who say no to men. It’s how women’s and lesbians’ rights were so rapidly eroded by Stonewall and its allies in the first place, and why women have been bullied, hounded and sacked simply for trying to assert their legal protections.
The same people are ignoring the supreme court’s emphasis that none of this takes away from trans people’s existing rights, and are scaremongering and infantilising trans people as victims. Lloyds Bank wrote to all its employees to say it “stood by” and “cherished” all its trans employees.
Cherished! Cherished ffs. Who says that? Who wants that? I want respect, god damn it, and not being bullied or messed with. I’m not a baby or a glass sculpture, I’m an adult and I want equality and respect, not slop.
Now I’m imagining a sign on the wall in every Lloyds office:
You are so loved.
Now get back to work!
(Corporate Memphis illustration optional)
Or just shorten it to “We cherish your labour.” For a US bank chain of course it would be “labor.”
How many trans employees could there be?
When it comes to women’s sports, we are always admonished that “there are so few!” “The NCAA has fewer than 10 trans athletes!” and that’s in all the sports.
So, how many “cherished” employees are there, compared to the great, un-cherished workforce in Lloyd’s Bank?
New phrase to replace “the great unwashed” – the great uncherished.