Rowling sets up woman only support services.

 

J.K. Rowling

Children's author, J.K. Rowling is to set up a women only support service in Edinburgh for female victims of sexual violence. Rowling says that some women are afraid to report sexual violence because they may be dealt with by a "trans woman." She says the Rape Crisis Centre in Edinburgh is run by a transgender woman who has said that victims will be confronted if they express "unacceptable beliefs" about gender.

Ms Rowling has accused Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, of being a "destroyer of women's rights." Next week, Sturgeon will ask MSP's to approve her plans to introduce a gender self-identification system for Scotland. Critics say the system could be exploited by male-bodied sexual predators to gain access to women's spaces.