UK trans woman convicted of sexual assault after not revealing gender status to male partner (www.cnn.com)

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A transgender woman has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a male partner by failing to disclose her gender status to him, meaning he could not consent to the sexual activity, British prosecutors said on Friday.

Ciara Watkin, 21, performed sex acts on the man, also 21, who she had met on social media site Snapchat in June 2022, but did not disclose her transgender status to him.

The Crown Prosecution Service said Watkin had told the man that she was on her period and meaning he could not touch her below the waist.

A few days later the pair met again, after which Watkin blocked all contact with the man until she eventually got back in touch and told him during an exchange of text messages that she was transgender and had male genitalia, the CPS said.

“It is clear from the evidence in this case that, prior to engaging in sexual activity with the victim, Watkin had made no attempt to inform him of her transgender status,” said Senior Crown Prosecutor Sarah Nelson.

“The victim has made clear in police interview that he would not have engaged in sexual activity had he known that Watkin was transgender and, consequently, these events have had a significant impact on his mental wellbeing.”

Watkin, from Stockton-on-Tees in northeast England, had admitted lying but her lawyers told her trial that it would have been “blindingly obvious” to the man that she was not biologically female, the BBC said.

She was convicted of two charges of sexual assault and one charge of assault by penetration following a trial at Teesside Crown Court and will be sentenced on October 10.

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[-] RedSeries 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You deal with it by asking what the harm truly is and why the onus is only on trans people to placate cis people

Transgender people deserve to be able to have sex/do sex acts with consenting adults without having to wear a gigantic "I'm trans" sign that can subject them to harassment or assault. It's not some secret meant to nefariously get in cis folks pants. This also applies to dating and I have words about that, so I'll stop there.
If genitals matter that much, politely decline or ask what genitals the person has. Just because someone is trans doesn't suddenly change that they are the gender they say they are.
- As an aside, I feel like that cis man is just so weirded out by dick that he's a breath away from chopping his own off when he sees it in the mirror.
If the genitals aren't shown and aren't used, why does it fucking matter? This is part of the same reasons bigots use to try and force trans people out of gendered spaces.
If someone failed to disclose some other feature of themselves that this cis male disliked, is that ok?
- What if a cis woman had breast implants and didn't disclose that?
- What if a cis man had a vasectomy and didn't disclose it?
- What if a cis person wore a wig or makeup to appear more attractive? That sure seems deceptive.
- Would cis folks get charged with a sex crime for any physical features they have that go undisclosed, even if they went unused or were irrelevant to the act?

[-] yoriaiko 1 points 4 hours ago

Thx for reply, with so many upvotes already, super valuable info from many!

Wearing big signs. Super bad for sake of both haters and chasers. lol nupe. I think we all agree here.

Genitals are often quite important in most sex activities, and imHo there is nothing bad with liking cute dicks and vaginas. It is about physical parts in crotch, not about gender I feel, identify, express self as. Even more, it has nothing to person being respectful or not to the partner.

For gendered spaces like toilets, do we even talk about them, or relations between two adults, that both wants to be con?

I believe we are of what we feel like, what our minds are thinking, how our bodies do look, something something genes, how we presence self, how other see us. If someone wants to be an asshole and build relations or even marriage with kids based on how the partner look, totally ignoring the character of other person. Like, for own social status only, what's then? Do You want to force them into liking my personality too? (Sure, humanity expect us all to note my personality too, but some just wants to be assholes and ignore some parts of me). What about family being very important to someone, with own kids, "made" in traditional way with partner, in the primal natural way. Then vasectomy is also a problem, lacking breast of mother may be too. Do You want to force these soon-to-be-parents to surrogacy or adoption? Or maybe respect their way of life?

All Your mentioned what-ifs may be problematic to some, even big no-no barrier. In very same way as dating trans persons. That's why I've asked to talk first before acting. No, not by signs, or arm band (lol).

Call me old, but that's why we used to have "no sex until 3rd date" rule, to get know other person at least a little.

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