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  Male sex offenders ‘faking trans identities’ to move to women’s prison Evidence unearthed by the prisoners’ newspaper Inside Time found inmates were pretending to change gender to access the female estate By Charles Hymas,   Home Affairs Editor 10 July 2023 • 4:37pm Jailed male sex offenders are faking transgender identities in an effort  to move to women-only prisons , research backed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) suggests. The moves were disclosed in interviews with prisoners who had already transitioned and felt the “fakers” were a threat to their reputation and to the limited resources available to them in custody. Inmates who pretended to be transitioning saw it as a way to lower their risk and to try to secure a place in the female prison estate, according to the evidence unearthed by Inside Time, the prisoners’ newspaper. Last year there were 168 legally-male trans women prisoners in England and Wales. Only six were in women’s prisons, with the remainder in me...

  Trans rapist referred to as ‘she’ by judge… but is sent to male prison Lexi Secker, who raped a woman on a night out in 2023 while living as a man, sentenced to six years Lexi Secker, 35, was sentenced to more than six years in a male prison for raping a woman in 2023  Wiltshire Police Telegraph Reporters 27 September 2024 2:47pm A trans rapist sentenced to more than six years in a male prison was referred to as “she” throughout the trial by a judge and barristers. Lexi Secker, 35, was convicted of rape after a four-day trial at  Swindon Crown Court  in June. The court heard Secker was living as a man when the attack took place after a night out in Blunsdon, Wiltshire, in April 2023. Throughout the sentencing hearing, barristers and the judge referred to the defendant as “Ms Secker” and “she”. But in a victim personal statement, the woman raped by Secker used male pronouns and the name “Alex” to describe the defendant. She said: “He took away my trust in people and...

  “Oxfam training guide blames ‘privileged white women’ over root causes of sexual violence Plus: Feminist writer Julie Bindel ponders 'if a war is being declared against feminism' By Hayley Dixon, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ; Melanie Newman and Julie Bindel An Oxfam staff training document says “privileged white women” are supporting the root causes of sexual violence by wanting "bad men" imprisoned. In the wake of sex scandals that have rocked the charity, Oxfam has produced guidance which states that: “Mainstream feminism centres on privileged white women and demands that ‘bad men’ be fired or imprisoned” Accompanied by a cartoon of a crying white woman, it adds that this “legitimises criminal punishment, harming black and other marginalised people”. It advises staff to read a controversial book which concludes: “Mainstream feminism is supporting, not undoing, the root causes of sexual violence.” Oxfam said that the training was voluntary, and the views are not presente...

  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 ...