A rape crisis in the heart of a line charity whether trans women can participate in support sessions for women, it has announced that it is starting a new service for women that will exclude transgender participants.
In 2022, a woman, known as “Sara”, told BBC News that she was sueing the bright-based surveys network as she felt uncomfortable talking about her misuse in front of a trans woman who joined the group.
Charity, which provides assistance services to those who survive sexual violence in Sussex, say it will now run a new group for biological women who live as women, allowing the existing meetings as well as trans and non-binary people to participate.
Earlier this year, a decision by the UK Supreme Court stated that single-sex services should be reserved for the same biological sex people.
Sara told the BBC in 2002 that she was sexually abused as a child and then raped in the 20s.
She had contacted the group for support after coming in contact with the person, saying she had attacked.
“I really felt difficult to face,” he said at that time.
He said that he had found the sessions helpful and assistant at first. He called them a “safe place”.
However, a trans woman – an biological man who recognized as a woman – began to participate in a support group for victims of sexual abuse and attack.
Sara says that the trans woman usually presented as a man and the way she was ready and dressed, and Sara was feeling uncomfortable in her appearance.
“I don’t trust men because I was raped by a man,” he said at that time. “I do not necessarily have men that they always say that they are.”
Sara stopped participating in sessions.
At that time, Survivors Network stated that Trans women were welcomed in all its “women-keval spaces”, and that it would defend the legal claim being brought against it.
Now, in a joint announcement, Sara, whose online identity is alive, and the survivors’ networks say they have come on an agreement before going into the trial in September.
The new group for biological women will exclude trans men (identified as birth women but men) and trans women (identifying as men but women) as well as non-dual people (who do not identify men or women).
The statement said that the new Peer Support Group will run the new Peer Support Group in Briton for Biological Women which allows Trans and non-binary people to participate.
“For some biological women, such a place is mandatory for their treatment and accepts their trauma,” write to the co-heads of charity on your website.
The new service will run as a 12 -month pilot scheme, which is funded by the office of Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner.
On X, Sara Survival wrote, “This is the best possible result for people survived by sexual violence in our city.”
