SOPA Images via Getty Images Starting early 2020, Always will no longer feature the Venus symbol on its packaging. In an effort to be more inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming customers, the menstrual brand Always has announced it will be removing the Venus symbol — commonly associated with the Roman goddess of fertility, and the female sex — from all of its packaging. Earlier this month, one Twitter user noted how the Venus symbol, which looks like a circle sitting on a cross, has the potential of alienating trans male clients, who could feel dysphoric when buying the brand’s products. You tweet daily of girls &women -their “period poverty” even in America & you’re taking the female symbol symbol off your packaging? And over the summer, the ride-sharing app Lyft released a feature that allows riders to share their pronouns with drivers.

Source: Huffington Post October 23, 2019 18:56 UTC