Paedophile not jailed despite being found guilty and having previous convictions

Ridiculous and disgusting and something needs to be done about it as soon as

This is taken from Trans Media Watch here, and is part of their advice to the media on reporting incidents involving transpeople:
When a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) is awarded, it becomes a criminal offence to reveal the owner’s transgender history. At present the fine is £5,000. It is the individual who reveals the name, not the organisation for which they work, who will face charges. There are no exemptions for journalism as there are with the Data Protection Act. Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act was created with an “expectation of privacy” in mind.

It is important for a transgender person to be able to wipe the slate clean, to live a life free from persecution. Provided they have no outstanding debts, their credit history will be erased. They will be entitled to a new passport and driving licence. There is even a fresh birth certificate to help them through life. All of this is to no avail if their previous and current name are linked on a website. When this happens, such a person has no choice but to change their name again if they want the privacy to which they are entitled.

Whilst the legal position is not cut-and-dried, it is heavily weighted in favour of the transsexual person. Even colleagues discussing a post-transitional person may be in breach of this law. Even before the award of a GRC, charges of harassment may be applied if the person is reported about on separate occasions using their previous name. Any article remaining on the internet following the award of a GRC may expose its author and editor to risk of prosecution.

The award of a GRC is never publicly announced, of course. There have been no high-profile prosecutions under Section 22 but that situation is unlikely to last. It is best to respect the terms of the person’s deed poll and refer to them by their chosen name only.

Clearly this makes it possible for people to 'relaunch' themselves, much like changing a user name online, and in most cases that will be a good thing; but equally clearly it gives scope for people to separate a nefarious past from the present. This is not to imply that everyone changing identity is doing so for nefarious reasons, but the fact remains that it is another example of how 'the most marginalised group in society' has rights that are not afforded to the rest of us. If I committed a crime, the names of my children could be published, as well as any previous convictions I had, places I had worked etc, and it would be much more difficult for me to put the crime behind me.

If these things remain private in the case of transpeople, it stands to reason that the differential between the law as it protects them and the way that this protection does not protect others will encourage some criminals to pretend to be trans in order to deceive.

Do you mean that if a GRC is given to one of the increasing number of “suddenly TW” people, who have been arrested and convicted of rape, attacks on females etc, they effectively get the opportunity to be free after their jail sentence, to repeat their crimes under a new name?
And if they repeat their crime, members of the jury would not be privy to their previous actions/sentences etc?

That's how I read it, but I'm not a lawyer.

I don't think members of the jury are told of previous convictions etc but I believe a judge takes them into account when sentencing.

All that talk of privacy is even more ridiculous in the case of this man, and of Adam Graham, both of whom decided they were women after being charged in their male names.

What does that mean for a convicted paedophile? If there new name and gender is not affiliated to the name and sex they had when they committed their crime, how can they be kept on the sex offenders register?

their not there

Or if they go back to their male name which isn't on the register.
I hope that isn't how it works but who knows.

That's what I was meaning. In the case of sex crimes giving people a clean slate makes a mockery of the sex offenders' register, and the likes of Clare's Law where people can find out if their partner has been convicted of violence. But even in more general cases, you could google a name and if there are reports about someone of that name, town etc having been convicted you could find it easily enough - not the case if the offender has changed 'gender'.

I am speechless!!!

Please note that I am surmising this based on the wording in the Trans Media Watch guidance - it may not apply in the case of convicted offenders.

This is a petition prompted by the case of Sarah Jane (Alan) Baker who was recently found not guilty of promoting violence after he urged crowds that 'If you see a t*rf punch them in the f***ing face.'

sex-matters.org/take-action/defend-us/?fbclid=IwAR1spEKt1pr73Z5cF6nC__SEfDR7Uz_BX-qYDFzlt3wQid0dMoVm4lrMjsI

He told the court that he just wanted to get publicity for himself and that his words were a bit of a joke.

Thanks for the link. Why is his speech not condemned as hate speech?

Thanks, FN. Signed and sent.

Mollygo I actually don't know, given that belief in the existence of only two sexes which are immutable has been legally established as a belief Worthy Of Respect In A Democratic Society.

I guess it may be just that police and CPS didn't choose to make that charge.

Misogyny is not a crime. Transwomen are protected by hate crime legislation, but women are not. I wonder why.

Baker's aggression was towards t*rfs, tho, who are people, female or male, who hold gender critical beliefs.
And gender critical beliefs are part of the protected characteristic of Religion & Belief.
And a hate crime is something which someone, not necessarily someone directly affected, perceives as a hate crime.

Doodledog

Misogyny is not a crime. Transwomen are protected by hate crime legislation, but women are not. I wonder why.

Because they’re male.

I'm not disagreeing, FN. It's just that threatening women is legally less of an issue than misgendering a transperson.