We Face Institutional Barriers All The Time

But sometimes it is on purpose just humiliate us and make life hard and this is totally wrong!
Picture of 'transgender person' removing wig on official council survey provokes anger

'If the council thinks this is appropriate, how are their staff going to deal with trans people accessing services?' says campaigner
The Independent
By Chris Baynes
January 30, 2019

A council has been accused of “institutionalised bigotry” after using a picture of a person removing a wig to illustrate transgender people in a survey.

Essex County Council is facing a backlash over a public consultation on proposed library cuts which features an “insulting” question asking participants about their gender.

Two of the given options, male and female, are illustrated with photos of people giving a thumbs up. The third option, transgender, is accompanied by a clip art image apparently depicting a man taking off a long-haired wig.
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Some who criticised the picture on social media said it initially appeared the “transgender” person was scratching their head in confusion. Others pointed out the question implied a trans person could not be male or female.

This is totally wrong!

There is nothing to justify using that photo. It is not even a case of “not think” this had to be done purposely to humiliate us.

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There has been a follow-up on their survey…

Essex County Council removes ‘offensive’ transgender image from survey
Pink News UK
By Sofia Lotto Persio
30th January 2019

Essex County Council has decided to remove an image appearing to depict a trans person removing a wig from a survey about their local libraries.

The image, featured as part of a public consultation meant to research local residents’ opinion on the future of the libraries, caused outrage. A spokesperson for Essex County Council apologised for the offence it caused.

“We have listened to feedback and the image is being removed,” the spokesperson told PinkNews on Wednesday (January 30).
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The statement read: “Firstly we would like to reassure those concerned that the image was specifically chosen to help communicate with people with learning disabilities.

“It was supplied by an organisation called Inspired Services, who work with people with learning disabilities to produce Valuing People Clipart, which is used by the Government and NHS England for easy read publications.

“However, we are sorry for any offence the image has caused and we will now consider whether this image is used in the future.”

I think that Inspired Services needs to go back and get re-inspired and get a little cultural understanding.