Here's a link to an article criticising the current director of Edinburgh Rape Crisis. The person concerned is a man who self -identifies as a woman. It's an unbelievable situation and is probably a microcosm of the whole debate. Who's rights prevail? My own view is simplistic. If you have a boaby then when it comes down to fundamentals, you're a man. In terms of safe spaces for women who have been subject to sexual assault, I'm happy to accept a female only environment is vital. Self identification is not enough.
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/...crisis-centre/
"Mridul Wadhwa, a man who passes as a woman but who does not have a Gender Recognition Certificate and is understood not to have undergone reassignment surgery, is of the opinion that a rape survivor who seeks help from Rape Crisis Edinburgh and asks to be examined by a woman doctor rather than a trans doctor is a bigot and needs re-educating to help her get over the trauma of rape.
Wadhwa, a former SNP parliamentary candidate, left the party after MSPs overwhelmingly backed an amendment to allow survivors of rape and sexual violence to ask for biological women rather than trans women to examine and counsel them. Wadhwa is of the opinion that women who want genuine safe spaces for traumatised women have ‘unacceptable beliefs’, and tells them ‘You have to rethink your relationship with prejudice’.
