When he was a man called Mark he was locked up after threatening to kill the mother of his child... today she's a woman called Melissa and able to roam free at a shelter for female domestic violence victims

Men who identify as women are being allowed to live in refuge hostels for female victims of domestic and sexual violence – even if they have not undergone sex-change treatment but simply say they want to live as a woman, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The move follows a radical change in policy by charities that receive millions of pounds in public money to run refuges for women fleeing abusive relationships.

In one shocking case, The Mail on Sunday discovered that a transgender ex-prisoner and convicted domestic abuser, who made chilling death threats to the mother of his child, has been allowed to come and go from a female-only refuge after he changed his name to Melissa.

Mark Addis, 44, was deemed such a threat to his former partner that he spent six months on remand in a male prison in 2014 after sending threats that he would kill her. One of his terrifying messages contained a picture of a dead body in a shroud.

A whistleblower has told the MoS that despite knowing about Addis's convictions, bosses at homeless charity St Mungo's still allowed her to make 'almost daily' visits to a women-only hostel.

Last night, our revelations sparked fury. Erin Pizzey, who set up the world's first women's domestic violence hostel in Chiswick, West London, in 1971, said: 'The most important thing in women's hostels is their safety. If you add a male into a women's environment, it will cause havoc.
'It's completely unacceptable to have men who have not gone through any medical transition entering women-only spaces.

'I believe homeless charities are betraying women by introducing this new policy.'

Karen Ingala-Smith, chief executive of the domestic and sexual violence charity Nia, said: 'Homeless charities helping men who identify as transgender is a good thing but it should not be at the expense of women's safety, wellbeing and recovery.

'Allowing a male who identifies as transgender with a history of domestic violence to enter what is supposed to be a safe space for women just shows utter contempt for women in that space.'


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6894599/When-man-called-Mark-locked-threatening-kill-mother-child.html

The world has gone mad.

That is a "Woman" ?

No, he is male, he is just "identifying" as a woman today....tomorrow he could be a pig...……...oh wait.

Unfortunately he isn't the first violent pervert who has manipulated the law and the ridiculously pc attitude some have towards 'occasional' transgenders.

Women should be protected from men like him in these shelters....that's the whole point of them.