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Legislation to give legal recognition to transsexuals could in theory result in a woman who was born male being charged and convicted of rape, the Government said tonight.
Junior constitutional affairs minister Lord Filkin told Tory ex-Cabinet minister Lord Tebbit: “A transsexual person who has been legally recognised as a woman by law in the UK under gender recognition legislation could be charged with, and found guilty of the rape of, another female person.”
Legal Woman 'Could Face Rape Charge'
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I am a little confused by this. At first I thought it was some kind of dick joke, which made me mad. Now I see the story is about how the law made same-sex sexual assault all “rape”, whereas before rape was something only a man could do to a woman. My question is, what did you call it before when a woman sexually assaulted a woman? Or a man attacked a man?
Posted by: Mithras | January 20, 2004 4:53 PM