Our social location, our race, our gender and our sexuality impact the way in which we are believed. Are we going to approach the police if our community has been criminalized by the police time and time again? We are not. So Muslim communities, Black communities, indigenous communities, South Asian communities, racialized communities and queer communities may not feel safe to report, let alone access services or be seen as someone who can get the help they need, so these things absolutely have an impact.
We have to look at an intersectional approach and recognize that so many people don't access support. I would add gay men in there too. So many men come to our service, and what's interesting is that.... I work in an all-gender service, whereas before I worked just with women. It's been seven years now, and it's been a lightning rod to see so many men come forward and say, “I was sexually assaulted. I need support.” Before, there was nowhere for them to go, and now there is somewhere.