World News

966 readers

438 users here now

Rules:
Be a decent person, don't post hate.

Other Great Communities:

Rules

Be excellent to each other

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au

163

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 day ago by TRAHR@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

58 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

Kindly, check the origin of the policy. They've been letting trans women in for 50 years. They just made it official in 2015. This is in response to a very recent mass cultural kickback in the UK.

They face no real repercussion for stopping the long held tradition, and much from continuing. Bending the knee.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ada will ban that nazi

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 hours ago

Ada is a certified queen

[–] wooffersyt@lemmings.world 0 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

They face no real repercussion for stopping the long held tradition

Then why are people upset?

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Because its bigotry.

[–] wooffersyt@lemmings.world 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I thought there was no real repercussion.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

You think that people being upset is a real consequence compared to legal action?

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

Because they have been inclusive to trans women for half a century, and an outside force is making them stop.