Another man headed for a woman's prison?

sarah under self id he would be a woman not a transwoman. It’s a horrifying prospect

Surely if you are appealing for people to come forward if they may have been the victim of a historic crime, it's really important to list the other names that they have used?

Precisely that. When I was 20 I was sexually assaulted by an optician who after an eye test and before I could get out of the (locked) door, pushed me up against the wall and had his hands up my t-shirt and inside my bra. I was totally shocked - when I told my (male) boss what had happened he laughed it off saying "you should be so lucky".

I will never forget that man's name. He also worked as a consultant at one of the top eye hospitals. Would I report the incident if the police were asking for historical abuse victims to come forward - you bet I would. But - if he now self id's as a woman, what chance is there that I would make the connection between some 'female' optician called 'Jane Doe' and the man who assaulted me?

This is abuse. How must his victim feel? It turns my stomach.

Re screen readers: On Facebook using voiceover, which is Apples software, which is the most common, it reads the text, and pictures have a very rough description. So, ’person, nature, outdoor,’ or ’two people, food.’ It doesn’t say man or woman. I suppose that would be transphobic.

Surely if you are appealing for people to come forward if they may have been the victim of a historic crime, it's really important to list the other names that they have used?

You see, I feel bad for Herts Police with things like this. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't.

I actually think that they may be crying out for help here. Until people wake up, they have to follow the rules 

it is as WeWantJustice said in another thread:

I think there's another massive strand that we are missing: this is actually a civil liberties issue. If the state can declare that a man is a woman, without any scientific evidence that a woman can have a penis, then it can say anything. It can say that the Earth is flat, or that it's 6,000 years old, or that there is a god and we all have to worship him. It is actually dangerous to give the state the power to redefine reality.

This is about who gets to define reality. If this bozo gets to tell me that I'm supposed to pretend that his penis is female, then he has all the power, over me, over you, over everybody. But he's just a bozo, not only is he nobody special but he's a loser. And there is no reason at all for anybody to give him that much power.

I think the reason it's so... I can't even describe... is that it's just more gaslighting where I'm compelled to believe that up is down, rape is love, penis is female, a woman can rape someone with her penis.

No. Reality is actually a thing and I'm entitled to it; instead of pandering once again to the delusions of a rapist, to the point where I'm supposed to believe HIS version instead of my own. just no. WOMEN DON'T HAVE PENISES.

As soon as he raped someone with his penis, he lost any right to call himself a trans woman.

He has the protected characteristic of gender resssignment so therefore is a transwoman. Committing rape does not currently have any bearing on this.

Yes, it will. One imagines a point in the future, under self-ID, where the majority of rapes will be committed by “women”.

Not sure why because I should have known, but this hit me so hard.

So he has no GRC, he looks like a man, he has a history of raping and assaulting female children - how the hell is he acting lik a transwoman?!

But under self ID he is a trans women. This is what self ID will mean.

I'm not saying I agree, I'm pointing out the flaws of Self ID.

It was suggested upthread that it is unlawful to deadname someone.

I think it is important to be clear that there is no law against deadnaming in and of itself.

There are laws against harassment but that is something different. Deadnaming is not itself unlawful.

Raping someone with your penis is gender. It's gender-based power relations right there.

Any fool who can't see this should be allowed nowhere near prison policy.

@sarahconnor - So he has no GRC, he looks like a man, he has a history of raping and assaulting female children - how the hell is he acting lik a transwoman?!

Absolutely shows where self-Id fails and can be abused.

As soon as he raped someone with his penis, he lost any right to call himself a trans woman

Under self ID he absolutely is a trans women. I have no problem with it being report as such, it just shows how far this can be abused.

Having said that these are historical crimes potentially committed under his male identity and my concern is the issue around 'dead naming' might prevent further victims coming forward.

Why? It’s factual.

I wondered, who the hell would let him be alone with their 7yo dd? Was he a trans woman when he assaulted her?

Calling him a transwoman, I mean.

Good point, monster, but it sounds a bit tabloid-y in a police statement.

That’s a good point. I have no idea, Professor. Just seems common sense to me.

As soon as he raped someone with his penis, he lost any right to call himself a trans woman.
What does the law say about this?

Professor - why not just call cooper a trans woman?!

@needmoresleep - so what if he has been deadnamed? He’s no more a trans woman than I am the pope.

As soon as he raped someone with his penis, he lost any right to call himself a trans woman. IME. And it’s common practice to list previous names or aliases of criminals. The article does go on to call him her.

Bloody bonkers calling cooper a woman.
I guess it was a choice between calling Cooper a woman, committing a hate crime by 'misgendering' them, or stating that "a person has been sentenced to prison for sexual offences against a child".
What a world.

Bloody good that the links have been taken down. The police need to think seriously about how to report cr8mes like this. Bloody bonkers calling cooper a woman.

The HERTS Police link appears to have been taken down

They have deleted both the Facebook and Twitter posts that refer to a women being convicted. Wonder if they repost factually correct information.

The HERTS Police link appears to have been taken down. I think this is the sort of thing that should be sent to MPs to ask for their thoughts on how this helps the victim, how they can hope for other victims to come forward as name and sex of offender has changed, how will this crime be recorded?