QuoteA woman who posed as a man so she could have sexual relationships with two teenage girls has been placed on probation for three years.
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The judge said he had not jailed Wilson, who has Gender Identity Disorder, because she pleaded guilty.
Her two victims, who cannot be named, were both under the age of consent.
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The Equality Network - an organisation working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in Scotland - criticised the Crown Office's decision to prosecute Wilson for "obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud".
Tim Hopkins, director of the Equality Network, said: "Chris Wilson broke the law by having sex with the 15 year-old girl who had claimed to be 16.
"But he was not charged for that, instead the charge was 'obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud' because in the Procurator Fiscal's eyes he had 'lied' about his gender.
"It was the wrong charge to bring, and the message it sends to trans people is you will be criminalised if you don't share your gender history with sexual partners."
The Equality Network said they had written to the chief public prosecutor, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland, asking for a meeting to discuss the implications of the case.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22078298 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-22078298)
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I have to say that I disagree with The Equality Network here.
Being convicted of having sex with a minor is an infinitely greater offense than obtaining sex by fraud.
It would have been better to drop the case all together, but given that a child was involved, who presumably complained, it would have been almost impossible. The press would have had a field day on that one.
The fact is, you don't go around having any sort of physical relationships with kids. Even when they do appear to be older.
Sure it would be the more serious offence, but the right charge to have been bought if any. We shouldn't be happy for him because they could had prosecuted him for a more serious offence when this conviction set a very worrying and dangerous precedent for all trans people in the UK.