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Comment on Civil servants cannot wear ‘fetish gear’ to work, minister confirms

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Ms Tweedale, 58, is said to wear low-cut black corsets, fishnet tights with high heels and a gothic choker with a pentagram when she attends the office.

She's trans and her attire led to a minister stating that kind of "fetish gear" cannot be worn at work. Others working with her say it's highly inappropriate and unprofessional. That's the gist of it.

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rah@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

She’s trans

Is that relevant?

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- flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Apparently, as the Telegraph decided to give this nothingburger of a paragraph its own heading
  
  Ms Tweedale previously prompted controversy in the department after she was singled out by civil servants who accused her of furthering the “chilling effect” of gender ideology.
  
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  - rah@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    the Telegraph
    
    I was asking about OP’s comment, not the Telegraph’s article.
    
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    off_brand_@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Well, the article itself dedicates a section to how she’s been targeted for “gender ideology”, which is dog whistle for “trans”. Calling non-cis gender expression a “fetish” is another dog whistle. Those two points in combination make her trans-ness relevant, even if the author isn’t going so far as to explicitly call out that this anti-trans behavior.
    
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