By a CoTs member I’m horrified to see that UK’s College of Police ‘Domestic abuse guidance’, like the Crown Prosecution Service guidance which preceded it, effectively criminalises the children and female partners of trans-identified men if we resist abuse and coercion. Thank you to retired police chief Cathy Larkman, of WRN Wales, for highlighting this,…
The forthcoming Victim’s Bill requires ‘Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and local authorities to work together when commissioning support services for victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and other serious violence. …It will … ensure that victims can access the services they need, regardless of where they live.’ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/628cc371d3bf7f1f40ca5151/draft-victims-bill-explanatory-notes.pdf This sounds…
Note from Emma: it hasn’t escaped our notice that the UK police seem to have become very invested in their own brand of trans rights advocacy. Recent events, such as police taking two men into custody over a tweet deemed to be ‘anti-trans’ (Police force is savaged by its own crime commissioner over the arrest…