Transphobes outraged over British coffee shop chain’s mural
A British coffee house chain is drawing heavy critique over its inclusion of an artistic caricature of a shirtless “trans man” sipping on a coffee emblazoned on one of its company’s vans.
Costa Coffee, the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world and largest in the U.K., had a mural created that depicts a trans male with double mastectomy scars pictured, which a company spokesperson defended telling reporters it “showcases and celebrates inclusivity.” The reaction from British “gender criticals” and others opposed to trans rights in the U.K.
was to launch a furious #BoycottCostaCoffee campaign on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter. Trans male YouTube creator and social media influencer Jamie Raines took to his X account to applaud the company writing: “So @CostaCoffee depicted a trans masc person, and transphobes are angry and shouting #BoycottCostaCoffee (obvs).
Shockingly to them trans people exist, and might drink coffee. Anyway, as a trans man with similar scars, thank you Costa for the representation.” “At Costa Coffee we celebrate the diversity of our customers, team members and partners.
