Cis Supremacy, Feminism and Women’s Shelters

[Natasha]

Cis Supremacy, Feminism and Women's Shelters

http://thecurvature.com/2009/05/02/cis-supremacy-feminism-and-womens-shelters/
5/2/09

I'm a few weeks behind on this, but I really just couldn't let it pass without comment. It deserves comment, and it needs comment.

Recently, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, a group that provides rape crisis relief, counseling and shelter to battered women and their children, won a court case declaring the right for them to not hire a counselor because she is a trans woman (ads on page may be NSFW).  Not only did they gloat the decision, they also decided to traipse onto Jessica Cooper's article about trans rights which cited the case, defending their bigotry by using more bigoted excuses.