'Sex By Deception' and the Shades of Yes
http://www.bilerico.com/2013/07/sex_by_deception_and_the_shades_of_yes.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2013/07/sex_by_deception_and_the_shades_of_yes.php)
7/25/13
Mercedes Allen
A series of recent rulings (and the media circuses that have accompanied them) in the UK has raised questions about what is being termed "sex by deception" -- that is, instances where people who are possibly trans are said to lie about their gender, in order to seduce another person. In these cases, it's often unclear whether the person in question is trans or if the gender representation is for other reasons, due to media ignoring questions of self-identification, using mixed pronouns and sensationally portraying people with phrases like "sex fraud woman who posed as a boy to seduce a girl." Even after a legal ruling is given, it's still unclear in many of these instances who the defendant is, and how they identify -- which at post-trial stage is an indictment of both media reporting and judicial clarity.