..To be mortified at the treatment of rape victims at the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre?

I think this needs another bump. Powerful letter.

This woman and the others failed by SRC and ERCC deserved so much better then, and deserve so much better now. Brindley has no shame

https://x.com/JournalistJill/status/1838544394103775301

The insidiousness of these men who weasel their way into women's most vulnerable spaces is astounding, and I'm not surprised that some women fall for it, but once the writing is blazing neon on the walls, isn't it better to have a mea culpa rather than double down and say an author is being mean to me on X?

As much as the DM has its many faults, it’s been one of the very few MSM outlets to really shine a light on what’s going on with the TRA movement and show its readers what’s plain to see to anyone with eyes.

They’re bound by the ridiculous rules led of calling an obvious man ‘she’ but always make sure they show their readers photos making it clear exactly who we’re dealing with here.

Yeah a lot of people seemed to just ignore these uncomfortable facts about this massive red flag of a man! The daft women who appointed him are still in post drawing their salaries too.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13879363/JK-Rowling-blasts-arrogant-Rape-Crisis-boss-row-controversial-support-centre-led-trans-woman.html

Look at the comments - every single one in support of JKR. Two years ago it would have been a mixed bag with people in the comments not really knowing about what was going on.

Now, everyone can see the Emperor has no clothes and an erection.

Sharon Cowan over at the uni is too comfortable in that influencing position of power, bringing the Uni into disrepute as a bully of survivors of sexual assault. What can be done about her?

As ever, she nails it.

She quotes Andrea Dworkin - Ionic

Worth reporting to the ICO?

JKR really is such an icon. A truly strong women fighting for all of us.

x.com/jk_rowling/status/1837827858284093847?s=46

Amazing thread by JKR laser focused on the unethical behaviour by Sandy.

I have occasionally been "had" by things purporting to be for women only and turning out to mean they are for women and transwomen because the organisers hold that transwomen are women.

I've posted before but will repeat there are 3 rape crisis centres that are women only (in the biological sense).

And to repeat again the women who run the services persisted with providing this service during all the time that the SNP and others where putting pressure on women's group to become trans inclusive.

And they did it without the backing of a millionaire.

And they probably could have done with more support at the time.

But having repeated this fact which is easy to find on Rape Crisis Scotland's own directory of groups, have no idea how anyone, let alone the CEO of the organisation that promotes that directory could go on to claim all RCCs in Scotland have women only services. Those they dont make it quite clear they are trans inclusive.

x.com/hightreebud/status/1837820599697072343?s=46&t=SPorwN-mokktL467rcZ57g

Brilliant, fairly long thread on Twitter, highlighting the reality lie of "women only" rape crisis services in Scotland. All the receipts.

I have got the rage all over, again.

Imagine a male CEO having the phone numbers of multiple vulnerable young female service users? Everyone would see what a safeguarding huge red flag that is.

What the actual?

Brindley has no morals. This is very very unkind of her.

Is she seriously saying that being a black woman and having a penis then claiming to be a woman are comparable?

She really is tone deaf and all about meeeeeeeeeeeeeee

www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scots-politicians-would-like-edinburgh-rape-crisis-centre-scandal-to-simply-vanish-4791974

From this damning article

Cole-Hamilton and 85 other MSPs voted in favour of the bill, while 39 were opposed. When the result was announced, the Lib Dem leader and other frontbenchers stood and turned to face a group of trans rights activists – including a number who had posted abusive and threatening messages about biological women online – and applauded. It was a nauseating display by slow-witted men and women whose desire to be seen as being on “the right side of history” trumped any serious consideration of the matter or any concern for women whose right to female-only spaces they were thrilled to remove.
When it became clear, early in 2023, that then Scottish Secretary Alister Jackk* was minded to block the new law on the reasonable grounds that it was incompatible with the existing UK-wide Equality Act, Cole-Hamilton was among those politicians who further humiliated themselves in order to “be kind”. He appeared at a rally in Glasgow, praising trans women for their courage. He singled out activist Beth Douglas – later suspended from the Scottish Greens over complaints about violent online posts, including some photos featuring axes and knives – for praise,
In his best approximation of sincerity, Cole-Hamilton said: “Beth was with us in the public gallery of the Scottish Parliament throughout all of those late-night sessions… in the really dark hours we would look up and see Beth and it was for Beth, for you guys, that we’re doing it.”

Offering up the phone numbers of survivors must breach GDPR and any kind of ethical standards. How can Sandy survive this?

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rape-crisis-chief-offered-phone-33723265?int_source=nba

Charities regulator?

The board of RCS should really be stepping up and drawing a line under this. MSPs and MPs could also do something. They are all cowards apart from the Tories and Alba who have replied to my emails. The rest are wishing this would all just go away.

Well I have news for them, this is not going away. It's going to run and run.

I read the whole interview in Moaning Myrtle's breathless rasp.

That journalist has written a ton of trans stories related to Scotland. He appears to have written all or most of the stories relating to ERCC but also on other topics.

Waaaah I just want to help rape victims (providing of course they agree TWAW and don’t want anything annoying like single sex services)

brindley is is the centre of her own universe. Of course she’s playing all the usual cards and weaponising jkr in her defence because let’s face it, in Sandy’s Scottish circle that’s instant sympathy isn’t it. It’s the sign of the right thinking, that you hate JKR & never mind she founded Abd funded a support service for women

https://archive.ph/4ZxVt

State of this interview with Brindley!

“I’m never upset in front of my daughter. She said, ‘What’s wrong?’” Brindley recalls. “I said, ‘Someone’s calling for my resignation’. She asked: ‘Who?’ I told her: ‘JK Rowling.’”
Brindley’s little girl looked up at her and said: “That’s one of my favourite authors, mummy.”

By now Brindley’s eyes are twinkling as she recounts the incident. “What I didn’t then say was: ‘Well, it’s me or her!” she says, dissolving into laughter.

What a big bad meanie JKR is, picking on poor defenceless crying Sandy.