Lush terminates partnership with Download over trans toilet controversy

Lush terminates partnership with Download over trans toilet controversy

Lush appears to have cut ties with Download Festival over its controversy relating to trans fans’ use of its toilets. The rock and metal festival is set to return to its home of Donington Park, Leicestershire, next month – running between June 13-15. Green Day, Sleep Token and KoRn will all be first-time headliners, and other names on the bill include Weezer, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Poppy, Loathe, Jerry Cantrell and …

Lush Pulls Out of Download Festival After Trans Toilet Controversy

Lush has officially cut ties with Download Festival following backlash over the event’s toilet policies for trans fans—another blow in what’s becoming an increasingly public mess. It started with a leaked email from Download confirming it would follow the UK’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance, effectively barring trans women from women’s toilets and trans men from men’s. The fallout was swift. Artists like NOAHFINNCE, Witch…

Lush ends Download partnership after trans toilet controversy

After Download festival initially stated that trans people were not allowed to use the relevant toilet for their gender, Lush has terminated their partnership.

Download Festival Responds To Backlash Over Anti-Trans Bathroom Policy

Unfortunately, despite today being the first day of Pride Month, there’s some transphobic bullshit going on in the UK right now. Six weeks ago, UK Supreme Court ruled that under the 2010 Equality Act, a person’s gender may be defined in law only by the sex they were assigned at birth. The Equality And Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the country’s independent body that advises organizations on how to comply with the Equality Act, has since issued…