Trans and intersex people in the UK need you to be loud and angry about the new “deception as to sex” guidance released which makes trans and intersex people legally guilty of rape if we don’t disclose our gender identity and/or the sex we were assigned at birth to sexual partners.
This is particularly going to harm trans and intersex sex workers, who often have a higher number of sexual partners who we might keep our trans or intersex identity from for our safety.
Sex Deception Guidance: The Impact on Trans and Intersex Sex Workers
“To summarize this guidance in the simplest terms, it treats a trans or intersex person not disclosing their gender identity and/or the sex they were assigned at birth as a form of deception which negates consent.”
This guidance will put trans women into men’s prisons with sex offenders for the “crime” of having consensual sex without declaring that they’re trans first.
This guidance will put trans men into prison, likely in isolation, for the “crime” of having consensual sex without declaring that they’re trans first.
This guidance will put intersex people into prison for the “crime” of having consensual sex without declaring that they’re intersex first.
The British press is sweeping this under the rug. It will devastate so many trans and intersex people’s lives. I need everyone else to share their rage because I’m scared and devastated for myself and those I love and I can’t be screaming all on my own.
This gives the cis sexual partners of trans and intersex people so much power over them because unless you disclose it in writing (through a text message or something) it’ll be your word against theirs and the court will not side with transgender or intersex individuals.