Another crack in the wall:
A woman who is suing a rape crisis charity says she felt unable to speak at a support group after a transgender woman began attending the same meeting.
"Sarah", who says she was raped in her 20s, stopped going to the sessions, saying she became uncomfortable sharing details of her past with the group.
She says the centre could have offered separate groups, telling the BBC: "I think my case is about women's rights."
I think she's right.
The charity, Survivors' Network says it plans to vigorously defend the claim.
It says male victims of sexual violence are referred to neighbouring services, but trans women "are welcome into all of our women-only spaces".
The problem is, of course, that Survivors' Network take it for granted that all men who claim to be women are doing so in good faith, and must be believed without question. All they need to do, these men, is say that they're women, and - hey presto - in they come. You'd think that a rape crisis charity, of all places, would be aware that men are not always to be trusted in matters relating to women and sex, but apparently the magic word "trans" overcomes any such qualms.
Sarah's lawyers claim that by adopting a trans-inclusive approach - and not providing a session for women who were born female - the charity, in Brighton, failed to meet the needs of all sexual violence victims.
Sarah is bringing the case under the Equality Act, claiming indirect discrimination as well as victimisation and harassment. She said: "I think women have sex-based rights and protections and these are under threat at the moment from trans activism."...
Sarah says a new person attended a session, whom she understood to be a trans woman. She said the person presented as typically male, wearing male clothing. "I was a bit taken aback. I decided I wasn't going to speak that week because I wasn't comfortable."
"I don't trust men because I have been raped by a man. I've been sexually abused by men. And I just don't necessarily trust that men are always who they say they are," she said.
However, she says the person running the session asked her to speak to the group. "I felt manipulated and coerced into talking," she said. "When I left the session I had a panic attack, I was absolutely distraught."
The needs of men come before the needs of women at the rape crisis centre. Them's the new rules.
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