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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Edinburgh rape crisis worker wins tribunal over gender critical views

A clear blue sky above the old town of Edinburgh, with old stone buildings and a church steeple
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre was found to have subjected Roz Adams to a flawed disciplinary process. Photograph: RooM the Agency/Alamy

A rape crisis worker was unfairly dismissed from her role at a support centre for survivors of abuse after she expressed gender critical views, a tribunal has ruled.

Roz Adams was subjected to a “Kafkaesque” internal disciplinary process by managers at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) after she questioned rules about trans female counsellors working with female survivors.

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