Hiya,
Just wanted to say that Red Letter Days - VIP TopShop Experience is now a TG friendly one!
I have'nt been on it yet, but may well treat myself.
I initially found it through a link on AOL and it sounded fun. VIP lounge, personal shopper, refreshments. A fun afternoon shopping - what more could I ask for????
Except the small print declared the experience was 'for females only'.
Well, that made me feel a bit miffed. There is'nt a female shop anywhere that has'nt happily taken my money and I did'nt see why we should be excluded here!
So I emailed them immediately with my best unimpressed head on and said, amidst my barrage:
''...I am absolutely appalled that, through a quirk of nature, I can be born with many secondary female attributes but simply because my gender is inaccurately notated as 'male' you feel that its perfectly ok to exclude me - and the thousands like me - from taking advantage of this gift by boldly proclaiming 'females only' in the 'small print'.
It may be, of course, that you meant to say 'genetic females and those actively identifying as females only', in which case all could easily be forgiven. You need to clarify.
Life for many transgendered people is tough enough without more needless discrimination...''
And I had a fairly speedy and pleasant reply:
''...I was sorry to learn of the distress caused by the wording of our experience description for the VIP TopShop Experience. We have previously received a number of queries from men wishing to use the vouchers for purchases from Top man. As the experience is for TopShop only and cannot be used to purchase items from Top man we had noted in the experience description that the experience was for females only. I can confirm that we have clarified with TopShop that the experience is open to anyone who wishes to purchase clothing from TopShop and is not limited to genetic females only. Please be assured that our wording was not intended to cause offence, however, in light of your comments, we have now amended this to state; 'This experience offers female clothing only'...''
May only be one small step but I'm pleased!
10/10 for Red Letter Days and TopShop.
Much love
Rae xxx
www.raekelcou.com