On her way to work on Tuesday (September 4), Faye told PinkNews she was taken aback by a sticker in her train’s bathroom which said “women’s sex based rights are not for penises.”
The messages, which have popped up in various locations, follow the spread of “women don’t have penises” stickers around the UK earlier this month. Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson pledged to remove the anti-trans signs after they were disseminated in his city, while India Willoughby condemned Katie Hopkinsafter the right-wing commenter supported the stickers.
The new batch uses Stonewall’s style, slogan and a doctored version of its logo, which reads: “Bonerwall.”
Faye told PinkNews that when she saw the sticker in the Bristol to Cardiff train’s unisex bathroom, before she tore it up and threw it in the bin, it gave her “a sinking feeling.”
“It was something that had previously only existed online for me, but this transphobia is creeping into everyday life,” she said. “It’s a s**tshow.” Read more via PinkNews