Comments on: The Weekly Whims Of HatManJim: Transsexual Complains About Appalling Journalism http://morningquickie.com/2010/01/16/keiramccormack/ your five minute feminist fix Tue, 22 May 2012 12:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Keira McCormack http://morningquickie.com/2010/01/16/keiramccormack/#comment-110 Keira McCormack Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:41:56 +0000 http://morningquickie.com/?p=2229#comment-110 I have just come accross your peice, and thought I would fill you in on some details I am the one the article was about. I worked at that rape centre in Belfast for over 4 years without any problems, having previously being a volunteer in a rape centre in England for nearly 10 years. All my cleints where told of my circumstances and where given the option of seeing me or not, the vast majority choice to see me. If they didnt they where allocated another counsellor. I waved my equal opertunities so the clients could be informed. The place I worked for in Belfast was a charity that saw both male & female victims and also had a few male counsellors, this was never an issue with the paper. Of all the counsellors in that organisation, I was the only one who had any formal training in rape & sexual abuse. While the other counsellors where very eperienced, they did not have that training Females, males and transexuals can all be raped. I hope this clarifies matters a bit for you I have just come accross your peice, and thought I would fill you in on some details
I am the one the article was about.
I worked at that rape centre in Belfast for over 4 years without any problems, having previously being a volunteer in a rape centre in England for nearly 10 years.
All my cleints where told of my circumstances and where given the option of seeing me or not, the vast majority choice to see me. If they didnt they where allocated another counsellor. I waved my equal opertunities so the clients could be informed.

The place I worked for in Belfast was a charity that saw both male & female victims and also had a few male counsellors, this was never an issue with the paper.
Of all the counsellors in that organisation, I was the only one who had any formal training in rape & sexual abuse. While the other counsellors where very eperienced, they did not have that training

Females, males and transexuals can all be raped. I hope this clarifies matters a bit for you

]]> By: am1am2 http://morningquickie.com/2010/01/16/keiramccormack/#comment-109 am1am2 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:05:21 +0000 http://morningquickie.com/?p=2229#comment-109 There was a legal case in Canada where it was determined that the rights of women to feel safe at rape crisis centres trumped the rights of transsexuals to be considered the sex that they were not born into. The reasoning for this is that there are other ways male to female transsexuals can be involved in the violence against women movement but the women at the rape crisis centres don't have many other options for places to go. The fact is, the judge reasoned, that most male to female transsexuals still retain many male characteristics. As for my opinion, I agree that it shouldn't matter if the counselor used to be a man, but it probably does matter if the victim can tell that she used to be a man and this makes her feel less safe. (Mick) There was a legal case in Canada where it was determined that the rights of women to feel safe at rape crisis centres trumped the rights of transsexuals to be considered the sex that they were not born into.
The reasoning for this is that there are other ways male to female transsexuals can be involved in the violence against women movement but the women at the rape crisis centres don’t have many other options for places to go. The fact is, the judge reasoned, that most male to female transsexuals still retain many male characteristics.

As for my opinion, I agree that it shouldn’t matter if the counselor used to be a man, but it probably does matter if the victim can tell that she used to be a man and this makes her feel less safe. (Mick)

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