RA: So I went for a walk with [a manager] and asked how it was going, the trans inclusion in what had been a women-only service, and I just got blanked – told "transwomen are women, there's nothing to discuss".

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RA: Saw things eg from MW about "white saviour feminism", and people saying sex does not matter, which just did not fit with what I was hearing from the people using the service.

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RA: I naively thought it was about including everybody.

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RA: Young gay men for example are perhaps particularly at risk. But, I think there should be honesty about it – and that we make sure that everyone who has suffered violence has a choice about who works with them.

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NC: And how do your views on inclusion compare with ERCC's?

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RA: But to me, sex does matter – particularly in a service about male sexual violence. I think we have to be absolutely clear with people, with people who ask us questions, so they can give informed consent to working with us.

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RA: Also we had someone in their 60s – she wanted a women-only group therapy context, and ERCC said they were "trans inclusive" and she said "is that women only?" – and a few days later got an email from ERCC saying she was not suitable for their service.

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RA: So those are the initial risks. And then – ERCC recruitment policies are such that male people can be employed in a nominally women-only service; so that means someone might come and only then discover that there is a male person there –

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RA: I just want people to have the information and the choice, that's what I wanted to argue for.

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