Scottish rape crisis center breaks away from national body over pro-trans policy

Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis (GRRC) split from the Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) network due to its commitment to gender ideology.

Announcing the break, GRRC offers “single-sex services delivered by an all-female workforce” and is “at odds with RCS.”

In September RCS Chief Executive Sandy Brindley told the BBC she could see “no inherent reason” why a man who identifies as a woman could not work at a rape crisis centre.

Definition of ‘woman’

Welcoming the decision to leave, Rosemary Whyte, co-founder of Scotland’s first rape crisis center in Glasgow, called on other centers to “revert back to single-sex services”.

She explained: “The victim who goes to a rape crisis center to get help does not want to be confronted by any man in one-on-one sessions or group sessions. “Men should be excluded from rape crisis centres.”

Mary Howden, co-ordinator of the Scottish Women’s Rights Network, criticized the RCS for continuing to “prioritise trans-inclusive services”.

Maya Forstater, Executive Director of Sex Matters, warned: “If Rape Crisis Scotland continues to disregard its own principles when it comes to single-sex services and refuses to say what the word ‘women’ means, it wouldn’t be surprising to see other centers leaving too.”

‘Heresy hunt’

Last month, support worker Roz Adams was paid £35,000 in compensation after she resigned from the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Center (ERCC), a member of the RCS network, following a “perversion hunt” for her gender-critical beliefs.

Adams was the subject of a misconduct investigation after being asked whether a “non-binary” staff member was “male or female” on behalf of a domestic abuse victim who was “uncomfortable talking to a man.”

Employment Judge Ian McFatridge found the centre’s senior management used the disciplinary process to “set an example” for Adams. Compensation was awarded considering the “severity of the harassment” he faced.

A self-imposed review of the ERCC in May recommended that Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) implement a clear definition of “woman” across all centres. But RCS has not even published a definition of what it believes the word means, despite claims that work on the subject began more than a year ago.