Chrissy64_uk
12-02-2009, 08:31 PM
For intrest only....:p
NHS exploits transsexuals in poster campaign
Transsexual Lucy Smith has lashed out at an advertising campaign conceived by the NHS in Warrington depicting a man wearing make-up with the warning that women drinkers could end up looking like a man.
The posters were brought in as part of a hard-hitting campaign to lower excessive drinking levels in women.
Warrington is one of the worst towns in the country for the high level of women who drink too much, and research has shown that excessive drinking can introduce male characteristics to women.
The person on the poster is fictional, made up of different images that were merged together by an artist, according to a spokesperson from NHS Warrington.
Similar campaigns used elsewhere in the country have been successful in reducing harmful drinking levels in women, the spokesman added.
NHS Warrington sent the poster to national equality and diversity groups and consulted with the national lead for the transgender community. The groups did not find any reason for NHS Warrington not to use the posters.
Transsexuality is recognised as a medical condition, and the NHS pays for transgender operations.
That NHS Warrington would put up the posters while knowing about the problems transsexuals face has upset Smith and her friends in the transsexual community.
Smith has asked both NHS Warrington and Warrington Borough Transport to remove the posters, but was told the campaign had been effective and would not be removed.
NHS exploits transsexuals in poster campaign
Transsexual Lucy Smith has lashed out at an advertising campaign conceived by the NHS in Warrington depicting a man wearing make-up with the warning that women drinkers could end up looking like a man.
The posters were brought in as part of a hard-hitting campaign to lower excessive drinking levels in women.
Warrington is one of the worst towns in the country for the high level of women who drink too much, and research has shown that excessive drinking can introduce male characteristics to women.
The person on the poster is fictional, made up of different images that were merged together by an artist, according to a spokesperson from NHS Warrington.
Similar campaigns used elsewhere in the country have been successful in reducing harmful drinking levels in women, the spokesman added.
NHS Warrington sent the poster to national equality and diversity groups and consulted with the national lead for the transgender community. The groups did not find any reason for NHS Warrington not to use the posters.
Transsexuality is recognised as a medical condition, and the NHS pays for transgender operations.
That NHS Warrington would put up the posters while knowing about the problems transsexuals face has upset Smith and her friends in the transsexual community.
Smith has asked both NHS Warrington and Warrington Borough Transport to remove the posters, but was told the campaign had been effective and would not be removed.