A Stonewall report claiming that women’s refuges would be unaffected by assisting men who identify as women was fiercely critiqued by a worker within the sector in early August.
Writing anonymously for fear of being targeted by opponents, the woman said Stonewall could be guilty of duping the public.
Disingenuous
The document was described as ‘at best a disingenuous depiction’ of the views of people working with abused women. The writer challenged Stonewall’s perspective, citing first-hand experience that during conversations about housing a trans woman in their refuge, every worker said they would leave.
Theresa May wants to make it easier to change one’s legal sex, and a consultation on the contentious issue is open until October (see September’s en).
