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# Tampax’s trans inclusive tweet sparks rows
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/tampaxs-trans-inclusive-tweet-sparks-rows/
- Published: 2020-10-27T10:07:53.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-27T10:07:53.000Z
- Description: Tampon producers Tampax have sparked online rows after tweeting ‘not all people with periods are women’ in a move to make the brand inclusive of trans and gender non-conforming people who menstruate.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, LGBTQ, Transgender, UK News

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Featured in Tampax’s original tweet

Tampon producer **Tampax** has sparked online rows after [tweeting](https://twitter.com/Tampax/status/1305952342504767491?ref=scenemag.co.uk) ‘not all people with periods are women’ in a move to make the brand inclusive of trans and gender non-conforming people who menstruate. The tweet was tagged with #periodtruths and #transisbeautiful. Although the brand made the tweet in September it has only just been picked up on by media outlets and has caused some to call for a boycott, [saying](https://twitter.com/Abyss%5F%5FDreaming/status/1320135383481372672?ref=scenemag.co.uk) Tampax ‘didn’t understand biology’.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tampax_logo-1.png)

One Twitter user [said](https://twitter.com/Opiumbrella/status/1320098814506618880?ref=scenemag.co.uk) the gender-neutral language was *“removing women from our own issues”* and another [said](https://twitter.com/vrarda1/status/1319778835169234955?ref=scenemag.co.uk) Tampax wouldn’t be ‘getting another penny’ from them. However, others praised the brand, with one user [saying](https://twitter.com/Catstello/status/1320696309075054595?ref=scenemag.co.uk) it was ‘great to see’ more LGBTQ+ inclusivity and several [thanking](https://twitter.com/ingrid%5Fnurse/status/1320661236527230976?ref=scenemag.co.uk) Tampax. Another [tweeted](https://twitter.com/savhenan/status/1320069500306325505?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“I’m a trans man who experienced periods for 13 years; thank you! I may not need your products anymore, but this makes me feel good for everyone who still does.”*

The Tampax row came shortly after **Superdrug** received a similar response for the [launch](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/superdrug-receives-backlash-for-inclusive-sanitary-range/) of its gender-neutral sanitary range, Luna, which was created to be *“as inclusive as possible so all communities feel seen.”* Many praised Superdrug for the move but some referred to the gender-neutral phrasing on the packaging – ‘people who menstruate’ – as ‘lunacy’.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/trans-period.jpg)