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- Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre: After years of newspaper tormenting, and now an independent review, the transgender CEO of the centre has stepped down. We help you understand the story.
- Puberty Blockers: A new report has concluded, based on 82 other studies into the drugs they are "safe, effective and reversible". We look at the report.
- Sex work: We continue our ongoing look into the parallels of liberation fights and their intersection with bodily autonomy. This week, we look at sex work with Jack Violet Parker.
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Edinburgh Rape Crisis CEO steps down after independent report and longstanding media deluge
TL;DR: The transgender CEO of the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, who has been at the centre of a media storm for a number of years, has stepped down after an independent report criticised her leadership of the centre. Much of the coverage, and social media response, has seen journalists and commentators use it as an excuse to spread transphobic and hateful rhetoric - with little discussion about what Trans+ survivors need.
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