Preferred Pronouns. A harmless courtesy?
During my trawl through legal cases involving Transgender Prisoners I came across this case:
Paedophile: Victim and Perpetrator
The prisoner had committed sexual offences against young boys. Their offences started whilst young and continued to adulthood. The prisoner had also been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Makes for a pretty grim catalogue of offences.
It is hard to read without reflecting on the damage done to young males, by early sexual contact, whether by direct force or grooming. I did wonder how this shapes their attitude to their own bodies, warps their boundaries and perpetuates a cycle of abuse. Are some of the transitioners trying to escape the physical shell in which their abuse took place?
Child Sexual abuse in Transgender Community
For the purposes of this blog, however, my focus is on how the judicial system deals with the needs of these prisoners…
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