What’s Current: J.K. Rowling launches women’s rape crisis centre in Edinburgh

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  • Author J.K. Rowling launches a new support centre for women who have survived sexual violence in Edinburgh. According to Rowling, Beira’s Place will address an “unmet need for women” in Edinburgh, where the current rape crisis network is ran by a trans-identified male.
  • The family members of four murdered Indigenous women demand Winnipeg Police search a city landfill where it’s believed an alleged serial killer dumped two of their remains.
  • An NHS guidance in Scotland suggests patients who speak out against trans-identified males placed in women-only hospital wards are comparable to racists and that the “complainant may be removed.” The policy in NHS Ayrshire & Arran, called Supporting Trans Service Users, offers a scenario where a female patient “explains she didn’t expect to be sharing the ward with a man and points to the bed opposite.” It adds:

“If a white woman complained to a nurse about sharing a ward with a black patient or a heterosexual male complained about being in a ward with a gay man, we would expect our staff to act in a manner that deals with the expressed behaviour immediately.”

  • The BBC is under fire for honoring Brazilian trans-identified male politician Erika Hilton as one of 2022’s most “inspiring and influential women,” after it was revealed Hilton is campaigning to have a women’s rights activist jailed for “misgendering” him.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.