The court case for the transphobia roller rink stabbing in Feb last year is happening now. Details are grim.
I am, however, extremely worried about how the new CPS sexual assault trans guidance feeds into this sort of case in the future as the victim had given oral sex to one of them and said she wasn't trans and this seems to have been part of the trigger for the attack.
The article also shows the transphobia of misgendering (and dehumanising) exposing homophobia as well... This all needs tackling, but our government won't touch it with a barge pole because they're far too transphobic
The "said she wasn't trans" bit above and the media's general "lying about her gender" take is actually missing a key bit which is in the Independent report - "While they were in his bedroom, Harris was contacted by a friend who told him she was “trans”, but the victim denied it **having previously been attacked in the past**."
This is not the first time she's been attacked for being trans.
Jess O'Thompson has written more on the attack/sentencing and the transphobe reaction - it is grim reading
She points out that the trans woman was also the victim of being secretly recorded/broadcast (which seems to have been left out of charges) and that Transphobes are pushing the "sex by deception" idea from the new CPS guidance and calling for her to be prosecuted... Because of course they are
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Inhaltswarnung: UKPol transphobic violence
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penwing (they/them) •
Inhaltswarnung: UKPol transphobic violence
This is not the first time she's been attacked for being trans.
#UKPol #Queer
penwing (they/them) •
Inhaltswarnung: UKPol transphobic violence
She points out that the trans woman was also the victim of being secretly recorded/broadcast (which seems to have been left out of charges) and that Transphobes are pushing the "sex by deception" idea from the new CPS guidance and calling for her to be prosecuted... Because of course they are
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-teenager-was-stabbed-nine-times-but-shes-already-being-blamed-for-it/?ref=queeraf-newsletter
#UKPol #Queer
A trans teenager was stabbed nine times, but she’s already being blamed for it
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