The Times- Protests over trans woman heading rape crisis centre
Protests over trans woman heading rape crisis centre Mridul Wadhwa promised the rape crisis centre would provide “inclusive and flexible support” Nick Harding Wednesday May 19 2021, 12.01am, The Times The original article is here The appointment of a transgender woman to the female-only role as head of a rape crisis centre has prompted calls for an equalities investigation by activists who claim she has no legal right to the position. Mridul Wadhwa, a former Scottish parliamentary SNP candidate, was appointed chief executive of Edinburgh Rape Crisis, a job that was advertised as reserved for a woman. Feminist campaigners claim she has no gender recognition certificate and has not undergone gender reassignment surgery and so is not legally entitled to be considered a woman. Wadhwa caused controversy last October when she was proposed as a candidate on the SNP’s all-women shortlist to contest the Stirling seat at this year’s Holyrood election. She is reported to ...