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”The Vancouver Rape Relief Shelter (VRR)… has been permanently stripped of… public funding…! …. They were first corrected for their failure to serve women in 2019….” $30k is now free to “actually help women instead of preaching hate.” https://medium.com/empowered-trans-woman/transphobic-fear-mongering-under-the-guise-of-rape-relief-in-vancouver-4156c18c20ce
“VRR has managed to pull donations from America… especially from the alt-right. You can see how the Nazis are rallying behind VRR to keep it afloat with propaganda pieces in… well-known fascist outlets. (Content warning: those links contain stomach-churning TERF lies.)”
“VRR sees 1200 women a year. …. VRR’s goal is to take these vulnerable women and brainwash them with anti-trans propaganda and convince them to become fear-mongering TERF’s. [T]hey are an active threat to Vancouver’s entire trans community.”
”Suing VRR has not worked. Eliminating public funds from VRR has not worked. …. VRR’s leadership was told to think about their choices, think about whether they wanted to support women or spread enmity. Choosing inclusion would have cost VRR absolutely nothing….”
“[E]ven with a year to think about their wrongs and apologize…, they chose prejudice. VRR[] is as committed to despising women as David Duke and Richard Spencer are to anti-Semitism… committed cryptofascists, irredeemably committed to their anti-humanity….”
![“[E]ven with a year to think about their wrongs and apologize…, they chose prejudice. VRR[] is as committed to despising women as David Duke and Richard Spencer are to anti-Semitism… committed cryptofascists, irredeemably committed to their anti-humanity….”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVbN_6eU0AA69en.jpg "“[E]ven with a year to think about their wrongs and apologize…, they chose prejudice. VRR[] is as committed to despising women as David Duke and Richard Spencer are to anti-Semitism… committed cryptofascists, irredeemably committed to their anti-humanity….”")
“A gradual strategy that may succeed is infiltration and replacement.”“If 30 [cis women] allies were to trickle in, they could wield democratic control of the organization and could right the wrongs of the current leadership.”
![“A gradual strategy that may succeed is infiltration and replacement.”“If 30 [cis women] allies were to trickle in, they could wield democratic control of the organization and could right the wrongs of the current leadership.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVbOvPvUUAEMAsJ.jpg "“A gradual strategy that may succeed is infiltration and replacement.”“If 30 [cis women] allies were to trickle in, they could wield democratic control of the organization and could right the wrongs of the current leadership.”")
“VRR[] violates the ‘dignity, feelings and self-respect’ of every single trans woman they deny access to….”“[T]rans women could… record… exchange[s] with the VRR [telling them] they aren’t ‘real women’…. Then, they can sue… the VRR… for violating their human rights.”
![“VRR[] violates the ‘dignity, feelings and self-respect’ of every single trans woman they deny access to….”“[T]rans women could… record… exchange[s] with the VRR [telling them] they aren’t ‘real women’…. Then, they can sue… the VRR… for violating their human rights.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVbQ0X8UwAAmxpW.jpg "“VRR[] violates the ‘dignity, feelings and self-respect’ of every single trans woman they deny access to….”“[T]rans women could… record… exchange[s] with the VRR [telling them] they aren’t ‘real women’…. Then, they can sue… the VRR… for violating their human rights.”")
“…direct action targeted narrowly at the leaders. …. Most… of those 27 [volunteers] bear the responsibility…. We know the identity [2 volunteers]. Revealing their names, faces, and other information would allow activists to appropriately engage with them.”
![“…direct action targeted narrowly at the leaders. …. Most… of those 27 [volunteers] bear the responsibility…. We know the identity [2 volunteers]. Revealing their names, faces, and other information would allow activists to appropriately engage with them.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVbSlFRUEAAdPWN.jpg "“…direct action targeted narrowly at the leaders. …. Most… of those 27 [volunteers] bear the responsibility…. We know the identity [2 volunteers]. Revealing their names, faces, and other information would allow activists to appropriately engage with them.”")
“Nazis have no right to a peaceful existence or steady employment. [VRR] have declared their support of fascism and… their intent to directly harm the trans community…. They threaten the safety and dignity of others and therefore deserve none themselves….”
![“Nazis have no right to a peaceful existence or steady employment. [VRR] have declared their support of fascism and… their intent to directly harm the trans community…. They threaten the safety and dignity of others and therefore deserve none themselves….”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVbTgWoUwAEEo_H.jpg "“Nazis have no right to a peaceful existence or steady employment. [VRR] have declared their support of fascism and… their intent to directly harm the trans community…. They threaten the safety and dignity of others and therefore deserve none themselves….”")
“The VRR’s storefront address is [redacted], Vancouver, BC….”
“In August of 2019, VRR was… vandalized…, including a dead rat nailed to their door. … there is no evidence it wasn’t self-inflicted to score sympathy points.”
“[A]lways remember that deplatforming works.”
![“The VRR’s storefront address is [redacted], Vancouver, BC….”“In August of 2019, VRR was… vandalized…, including a dead rat nailed to their door. … there is no evidence it wasn’t self-inflicted to score sympathy points.”“[A]lways remember that deplatforming works.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVbVlhgU0AAKDXt.jpg "“The VRR’s storefront address is [redacted], Vancouver, BC….”“In August of 2019, VRR was… vandalized…, including a dead rat nailed to their door. … there is no evidence it wasn’t self-inflicted to score sympathy points.”“[A]lways remember that deplatforming works.”")
“The women of Vancouver will not be safe until the den of TERF vipers is wiped out from their midst. Once VRR has been reformed into an intersectional feminist women’s shelter, that city will be a safer place for all.”
This is the most hyperbolic and relentlessly hateful article I’ve recently read on this topic.
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The ridiculously hateful & violence-inciting VRR article appears to be under investigation or taken down. At the very least, it is unavailable for the time being.
