Trans friendly Rape Survivors Resources?
Just wanted to put the call out, cos I know Sady Doyle was looking for trans women inclusive rape resources for people to donate to. She’s looking for North American I think, but other countries always helpful.
So far there’s been mentioned:
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape
Also in Toronto, the 519 Church Street Community Center offers counseling services
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center of North Carolina
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape provides services to all & respects gender identity, cis, trans, non-binary & all.
the Sexual Violence Center in Minnesota
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
San Francisco Women Against Rape
Klinic Community Heath Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sexual Assault Support Services in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
Safeplace in Austin, Texas
Women Against Violence Against Women in Vancouver, Canada [unconfirmed as trans friendly]
Network/La Red in Boston – trans inclusive queer women’s service for dealing with partner abuse
2110 centre for gender advocacy in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Edinburgh Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sandi Merriman House in Victoria B.C – emergency shelter for trans women
The Orange County Rape Crisis Center of NC (http://www.ocrcc.org/index.html) is trans-inclusive. I went through volunteer training there and my understanding is that they don’t have a lot of trans women contacting them at the moment but they’re actively trying to reach out to the trans and queer communities in the area to make sure folks know that there are services available.
Mo
20 Dec 10 at 9:20 am
Signalboosting this.
Also, if anyone has any resources for male survivors that are inclusive of trans men, please let me know. When I was raped (post-transition) I had nowhere to turn.
Jack
20 Dec 10 at 12:19 pm
Other names I’ve seen come up: the Sexual Violence Center in Minnesota, WCASA in Wisconsin.
Aoede
20 Dec 10 at 3:12 pm
http://www.sfwar.org/about.html
http://www.bawar.org/
both groups specify that recipients of services or people who want to become volunteers must be self identified women and both have trans women on staff.
bunch
20 Dec 10 at 3:13 pm
Thanks for those, I’ll add them to the post.
Queen Emily
20 Dec 10 at 3:30 pm
http://www.safeplace.org/
Safeplace provides trans-friendly sexual assault and domestic violence support in the Austin, TX area. They also offer services for deaf clients, and shelter abused men and their children (not too many shelters I know of do that).
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20 Dec 10 at 10:34 pm
In Vancouver, there’s Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) http://www.wavaw.ca/
I am 95% sure they are trans inclusive, but can’t personally vouch. They are listed on the Trans Alliance Sociey’s website: http://www.transalliancesociety.org/members.html
Alison
21 Dec 10 at 12:43 am
Vancouver, Canada, to clarify
Alison
21 Dec 10 at 12:44 am
i mentioned klinic in winnipeg, manitoba (canada) as well
http://www.klinic.mb.ca/donations.htm
treeofkessie
21 Dec 10 at 12:06 pm
Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) in Eugene, Oregon is a really great, trans-inclusive resource (I’m a trans volunteer there, and it is a very fantastic place).
Cha
21 Dec 10 at 6:13 pm
The Network/La Red, based in Boston, is a trans-inclusive resource for queer women dealing with partner abuse (including partner rape). http://www.thenetworklared.org/
Winter
21 Dec 10 at 10:09 pm
First off, I find this post to be really inspiring, so much so that this is the first time I’ve felt compelled to comment (after lurking on-and-off for like 3 years)!
I think that so often in trans (and other marginalized) communities, we have to find alternative ways of supporting each other, and this post is doing just that. IMO, community building is done through a myriad of ways, this being one of them.
Anyway, I just wanted to add that the 2110 centre for gender advocacy in Montreal, Quebec, Canada has a pretty awesome trans-competent peer support program. Also, by trans-competent I mean they are inclusive of both trans male and trans female spectrum folks, genderqueer/non-binary identities, and generally of the language used in trans communities (ie: you most likely won’t have to educate your peer support worker about what cis means)!
http://www.centre2110.org/
Kay Lamothe
22 Dec 10 at 3:10 am
Repeating here for completeness of list… Clare in comments at Tiger Beatdown nominated Edinburgh Women’s Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, http://www.ewrasac.org.uk/
“We offer free and confidential emotional and practical support, information and advocacy, to women, girls aged 12 and over and all members of the transgender community, who have experienced sexual violence at any time in their lives.”
Jennifer
22 Dec 10 at 6:31 am
As a straight, cis woman, I am volunteering at the Women’s Center in Cambridge, MA. They have meetings advertised “for biological women only”, even though as a whole they do have resources for trans women.
Still, the administration letting women host “for biological women only” meetings is chapping my ass. I suspect I will be handing in my “not volunteering anymore” card.
friend
22 Dec 10 at 7:03 am
Trans women are biological, as they have DNA and cells and stuff. They are not robots.
Duh. I feel I REALLY shouldn’t have to explain this on “questioningtransphobia.com”
Jemma
22 Dec 10 at 1:23 pm
I don’t think you did need to explain it.
I don’t know of any rape crisis org’s in New Zealand that are wholeheartedly supportive of trans people.
Em
22 Dec 10 at 5:07 pm
Yes, I didn’t read friend as endorsing that perspective, but rather quoting it knowing the problem and its transphobicness.
Thanks for the links all.
Queen Emily
22 Dec 10 at 8:03 pm
I’ll ring around some New Zealand rape crisis centers/women’s refuges and see if they take trans women.
Cate J
23 Dec 10 at 3:13 am
Funny, we’ve met :D ~ Wellington doesn’t, and as of 8 years ago Dunedin and Hawkes Bay didn’t. No idea beyond that.
Em
23 Dec 10 at 3:43 am
Anyone know how good DCRCC’s record is on this point?
Aoede
23 Dec 10 at 10:47 am
I’m located in Victoria, B.C. The Sandy Merriman House here is an emergency shelter and offers services for trans women. http://www.coolaid.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72&Itemid=236
JenMR
23 Dec 10 at 2:09 pm
The Northwest Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse in Settle, WA, US is explicitly trans-friendly in their literature and their volunteers were very clear that’s their goal (heck, for once we’re not last in the name and they address gender variation), but since I haven’t used their services I can’t swear that their practices work. As a queer trans woman I haven’t hesitated to consider them when I needed help, though. http://www.nwnetwork.org/
Kateae
25 Dec 10 at 4:12 am
The admin for the NZ Women’s Refuge won’t be back at work until the 5th of Jan, so I should have a reply sometime after then :-)
Cate J
25 Dec 10 at 1:42 pm
Another San Francisco resource that would be pretty awesome — Community United Against Violence, or CUAV. They’re an LGBT-specific anti-domestic-violence/rape org here in SF, and they are definitely trans-friendly: I personally know some folks who volunteer there, including trans/genderqueer people.
http://www.cuav.org/
EF
27 Dec 10 at 12:06 pm
I emailed Wellington Rape Crisis (in New Zealand) a few days ago and was told that they welcome all transgender people.
Kiesia
28 Dec 10 at 8:03 am
That’s brilliant Kiesia! :-D
Cate J
29 Dec 10 at 6:41 pm
They turned me away middle of last year – so I’m suspicious of this.
The response from the head of that org was that they’d had discussions and that there are some people there who are deeply opposed to trans women – therefore she couldn’t honestly say that they are inclusive – they certainly didn’t have a policy.
Em
29 Dec 10 at 7:05 pm
I sent an email to the New Zealand rape crisis on the 28th asking if anybody has a policy or a position on this, and have received no response – I’ve just re-sent the email to them as I’m assuming that they’d be catching up on missed emails atm.
Em
5 Jan 11 at 7:33 pm
I received this response from the NZ women’s refuge:
Dear Caitlin,
Apologies for the delayed response to your e-mail inquiry, our info e-mails are not checked regularly over Christmas.
In a recent audit of our 47 service providers, 34 of them stated that they do currently meet the needs of transgender women. Many of our services reported that they had been advised by their local LGBT sector that they should consider women as clients who have been post-op for 3 years or more. That does not mean that they have incorporated this into their policies, but some of them might.
All Refuges assess intake on a case by case basis, and with consideration of the safety / comfort of others in their Refuge at the time.
So whilst it may sometimes result in disappointment, the best way to find out is to ring the Refuge close to you at the time you are in need, which you can do through 0800 REFUGE. We do not implement blanket policies on this subject, as all of our members are independent.
Thank you for your enquiry.
Hannah Cranston
Service Development Coordinator
Cate J
18 Jan 11 at 11:31 pm
New Zealand Rape crisis do not seemingly respond to questions on these matters via email, I have had no response to two emails now.
Em
19 Jan 11 at 12:02 am
The Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students’ Society (SACOMSS) in Montreal has an explicitly trans-positive mandate and serves survivors of all genders. It provides trans awareness training to all its volunteers. http://sacomss.org/
Direct Services: Crisis Helpline, In-Person Support, Support Groups, Advocacy
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27 Aug 12 at 4:19 pm
The DC Rape Crisis Center http://www.dcrcc.org/ is also trans friendly, and has been at least since I volunteered there in 1991.
Estelle
3 Sep 12 at 7:13 pm