@Nonmaquillee
In addition to the main issue, this person lied to get the job??
Isn’t that usually a reason for dismissal?
People in Scotland are being gaslighted on this issue to a ridiculous extent.
Mridhul
did not lie to get the job.
There are plenty of reasons to object to a male person running a rape crisis centre whose client base consists of more than 90% female users, especially when that person has never centred female victims in their public statements.
But please understand that at no point did Mridhul ever lie to get a job with Rape Crisis Scotland.
When Mridhul first got a job in the women's sector, it was at the beginning of transitioning and sex was then still very obvious. The job in question did not involve counselling women, but travelling throughout Scotland to educate and train the men and women who work in professions that come into contact with victims of sexual violence.
Mridhul was reportedly doing a good job and so landed the same kind of job working for Rape Crisis Scotland. Again, no counselling of victims involved.
Mridhul then received a national Scottish award in 2015 as an outstanding LGBT campaigner and gave a speech about being trans.
The first job as manager of Forth Valley Rape Crisis came after that. They appointed Mridhul knowing that this would mean having a male manager.
Unfortunately, the misconception that Mridhul lied about being male to get a job in the women's sector is given much support by Mridhul reportedly saying "no one asked about my sex, so I didn't tell" (or some such thing). The reason why no one would have asked at the point of getting that first ever job in the women's sector is because it wasn't necessary or relevant, as that wasn't the kind of role the occupational requirement is intended for. (There is no reason why someone who trains external professionals, both male and female, on how to better serve victims of sexual violence, both male and female, should have to be female and not male.)
If we continue to be outraged about something that Rape Crisis Scotland knows did not actually happen, our protests will continue to be dismissed as malicious gossip and harassment.