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Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Rape crisis centre to launch single sex-only meetings after trans row
A rape crisis charity at the heart of a row over whether trans women can attend support sessions for women has announced it is launching a new service for women which will exclude transgender participants. In 2022 a woman known as "Sarah" told BBC News she was suing Brighton-based Survivors' Network because she felt uncomfortable talking about her own abuse in front of a trans woman who had joined the group. The charity, which provides support services for survivors of sexual violence in Sussex, says it will now run a new group for biological women who live as women, alongside its existing meetings that allow trans and non-binary people to take part. Earlier this year, a UK Supreme Court ruling said single-sex services should be reserved for people of the same biological sex. Sarah told the BBC in 2002 she had been sexually abused as a child and then raped when in her 20s. She had approached the group for support after coming into contact with the man she said had attacked her. "I was finding it really hard to cope," she said at the time. She said she had found the sessions helpful and supportive at first. She called them a "safe space". However, a trans woman - a biological male who identified as a woman - started attending the support group for victims of sexual abuse and assault. Sarah says the trans woman presented as typically male in the way she looked and dressed, and Sarah felt uncomfortable in her presence. "I don't trust men because I was raped by a man," she said at the time. "I don't necessarily trust that men are always who they say they are." Sarah stopped attending the sessions. At the time, Survivors' Network said trans women were welcome into all its "women-only spaces", and that it would defend the legal claim being brought against it. Now, in a joint announcement, Sarah, whose online identity is Sarah Surviving, and the Survivors' Network, say they have come to an agreement before the case was due to go to trial in September. The new group for biological women will exclude trans men (born female but identifying as men) and trans women (born male but identifying as women) as well as non-binary people (who don't identify as either men or women). The statement says the new peer support group in Brighton for biological women will run in addition to the original group that allows trans and non-binary people to attend. "For some biological women, such a space is imperative for their healing and acknowledges their trauma," write the charity's co-chairs on its website. The new service will run as a 12-month pilot scheme, funded by the Office of Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner. On X, Sarah Surviving wrote "This is the best possible outcome for sexual violence survivors in our city." Woman suing rape charity in trans row (June 2022)
BBC News
2 hours ago
- BBC News
Transgender row rape charity starts new service for biological women
A rape crisis charity at the heart of a row over whether trans women can attend support sessions for women has announced it is launching a new service for women which will exclude transgender 2022 a woman known as "Sarah" told BBC News she was suing Brighton-based Survivors' Network because she felt uncomfortable talking about her own abuse in front of a trans woman who had joined the charity, which provides support services for survivors of sexual violence in Sussex, says it will now run a new group for biological women who live as women, alongside its existing meetings that allow trans and non-binary people to take this year, a UK Supreme Court ruling said single-sex services should be reserved for people of the same biological sex. Sarah told the BBC in 2002 she had been sexually abused as a child and then raped when in her had approached the group for support after coming into contact with the man she said had attacked her."I was finding it really hard to cope," she said at the said she had found the sessions helpful and supportive at first. She called them a "safe space".However, a trans woman - a biological male who identified as a woman - started attending the support group for victims of sexual abuse and says the trans woman presented as typically male in the way she looked and dressed, and Sarah felt uncomfortable in her presence."I don't trust men because I was raped by a man," she said at the time. "I don't necessarily trust that men are always who they say they are."Sarah stopped attending the the time, Survivors' Network said trans women were welcome into all its "women-only spaces", and that it would defend the legal claim being brought against in a joint announcement, Sarah, whose online identity is Sarah Surviving, and the Survivors' Network, say they have come to an agreement before the case was due to go to trial in new group for biological women will exclude trans men (born female but identifying as men) and trans women (born male but identifying as women) as well as non-binary people (who don't identify as either men or women). The statement says the new peer support group in Brighton for biological women will run in addition to the original group that allows trans and non-binary people to attend."For some biological women, such a space is imperative for their healing and acknowledges their trauma," write the charity's co-chairs on its website. The new service will run as a 12-month pilot scheme, funded by the Office of Sussex Police and Crime X, Sarah Surviving wrote "This is the best possible outcome for sexual violence survivors in our city."
Channel 4
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Channel 4
‘More important than it's ever been': why Trans Pride matters
Thousands of trans and non-binary people are expected to flood the streets of central London tomorrow, along with their supporters, for London Trans+ Pride. The theme this year is Existence and Resistance, in response to the UK Supreme Court ruling in April, that women should be defined under equality legislation by their biological gender. Producer: Cat Mcshane Editor: Sophie Larkin-Tannett
The Herald Scotland
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Donald Trump vs the Scottish Government: A brief history
The wind farm feud One of Trump's most bitter fights with the [[Scottish Government]] centred on an offshore wind farm proposed near his Aberdeenshire resort. In 2013, he launched a legal battle against plans for 11 turbines, arguing they would ruin the view from his golf course. He then lost a legal challenge over the planned offshore wind farm when it was rejected by the UK Supreme Court. After years of litigation, Trump finally lost his battle against wind turbines in 2019 and was ordered to pay the Scottish Government's legal costs, though the exact sum was never disclosed. Read more: What happened on President Trump's previous Scotland visits? Trump's opposition to wind energy is well-documented. In 2016, he reportedly urged Nigel Farage to campaign against Scottish wind farms, calling them "monstrous," "ugly," and "dangerous'. He even claimed they would "bankrupt Scotland" and destroy tourism. Trump's lobbying against the wind farm included a series of bizarre letters to then-First Minister Alex Salmond, released to the public in 2016. In one, Trump claimed he was trying to "save Scotland". In another, he warned that Salmond would be remembered as "Mad Alex" and that he would fail in the independence referendum if the wind farm project proceeded. Trump alleged that Salmond and former First Minister Jack McConnell had verbally assured him no wind farm would be built near his resort. Donald Trump with former first minister Jack McConnell (Image: PA) "They wanted my money," Trump said. "I was lured into buying the site... then they announced the plan." When Salmond initially supported Trump's golf resort plans, the future president sang a different tune, hailing him as a "great man". Neil Hobday, the project director for Trump's Aberdeen course and who helped broker the controversial deal for the site, claimed the Scottish Government and the country were 'hoodwinked' by Trump's promise of a £1 billion project. Read more: What does Donald Trump own in Scotland? 'He was willing to fight the environmental battle and create this impression that this was a $1bn project and Scotland absolutely needed it. But I think he never really had the money or the intention of finishing it,' Hobday said. Tensions were not relieved from the windfarm debacle whatsoever once Nicola Sturgeon became First Minister, when she stripped Trump of his honorary business ambassador title in 2016 and has directed barbs towards the President ever since. When Sturgeon resigned in 2023, Trump addressed her back, stating 'good riddance' to the 'failed woke extremist'. Environmental damage and stripped protections Trump's [[Aberdeen]]shire golf resort was built on a protected dune system at Menie Estate, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Environmentalists warned that construction would destroy rare habitats and were proven right. By July 2018, the Scottish Natural Heritage agency admitted that the dunes had been "partially destroyed" by construction and use of the course. By 2020, the Scottish Government officially removed the site's protected status, stating the damage meant the dunes "no longer merited special protection". Read more: Why is Donald Trump visiting Scotland – and where is he going? The government acknowledged that Trump International had taken some conservation measures but concluded that "they no longer have sufficient scientific interest to merit special protection". The unexplained wealth order controversy In 2021, a U.S.-based activist group sought a judicial review after the Scottish Government refused to investigate how Trump financed his golf courses in Scotland. The campaigners pushed for an Unexplained Wealth Order into Trump, a legal tool used to scrutinise suspiciously large cash purchases and recover assets, often dubbed a "McMafia order". The effort followed a February 2021 vote in the Scottish Parliament, where lawmakers rejected a similar motion. Despite the petition, the highest civil court dismissed the case. The financing behind Trump's golf courses is an issue that is raised every time the President visits. Last visit, Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur remarked that Trump was playing 'the most expensive rounds of golf in history'.
Leader Live
5 days ago
- Politics
- Leader Live
Second-chance for Wrexham Planning Committee to rule on 600-home plan
The last time the application was on the agenda was two weeks ago, when the planning committee meeting collapsed after two-and-a-half minutes due to not enough members attending. After the UK Supreme Court ruling that left Wrexham's Local Development Plan (LDP) unadopted, the scheme – on land that was included in the LDP – was left in limbo. When the plans first came before the committee in 2020, councillors raised objections that the site lay outside the settlement area in the Green Barrier. Once it was included in the LDP, that objection was withdrawn as the land was formally included in the council's development plans. Related reading: Now, with moves afoot to erase the LDP entirely and an inquiry by Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) into the development due on September 29, Wrexham Council has a second chance to determine the application and submit a formal response to the inquiry. In the report the committee will consider officers have recommended that Wrexham Council could not successfully defend an appeal if it reinstated its opposition to the development. It also advises if they go against that advice and restore their objections, the committee will need to nominate two councillors to give evidence before the inquiry. According to the report: 'Although the unadopted LDP no longer has the status of development plan, the Development Management Manual (DMM)advises that the weight to be attached to an unadopted LDP will depend on the stage it has reached. 'Local Planning Authorities need to carefully consider the underlying evidence to an unadopted LDP. 'In the event that members determine to reinstate one or more of the reasons for refusal, members will nominate up to two members of the Planning Committee to act as expert witnesses at the inquiry.'
