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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, at the time a lot of experts claimed that there wouldn't be mission creep (e.g. 'McNally wasn't trans!') and I naively believed them, despite doubts. The mission creep seems to have become especially bad since Lawrence blurred what counts as 'deception', along with GC lobbying of the CPS

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 2h

Lawrance questioned that distinction and is partly why the CPS guidance now includes non-disclosure by trans people as potentially criminal. Disgustingly, Lawrance is also the CoA case that overturned the conviction of a man for lying about a vasectomy and causing a woman to become pregnant

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 2h

I imagine you're thinking of the string of 2010s cases like McNally v R (2013) or R v Gayle Newland? Those were cases of some kind of active deception. Until Lawrance (2020), I think the conception of consent largely focused on explicit deception rather than failure to disclose.

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 3h

This is such a staggering expansion of what it means to 'deceive' somebody else in law. McNally made a little sense because the victim consented to a penis and not a dildo, but the actual physical acts in this case are unchanged by whether she's trans or not. For me, that should be the standard.

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I'm realising a lot in hindsight. In the past, I thought some judges were relying on EU law to circumvent limitations on their ability to be supportive of trans people. Sadly, it seems that most of them were begrudgingly deferring and pounced on the chance to return to historical viciousness

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I absolutely agree about the vast majority of judgments. In my teens, I naively hoped that A v CC of West Yorkshire (2004) might signal a trend towards improvement, but they've continued to be absolutely vile and seem to have become even worse now that EU law isn't shielding us

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

It's so vile. I've always been of the opinion that active deception should obviously matter in cases that have serious physical consequence (e.g. pregnancy) or when it involves abuse of State power (e.g. undercover cops), among others. The British judiciary has found ways to permit both of those :/

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

The judiciary has created such a mess that enables abusive men and criminalises Other-ness. I can't begin to comprehend how actively lying about a vasectomy (and causing pregnancy) isn't proximate enough to the sex act to vitiate consent while giving a blowjob as a trans woman ~is~ sufficient

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

People will try to differentiate today's conviction by pointing to the fact that the trans woman actively claimed to be on her period. But if you look at the language used by the judge, CPS, and police, I think it's clear that they have haven't constrained their definition of 'deception' to that act

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

In the early 2010s, I worried that R v McNally would eventually lead to trans people being prosecuted for sexual assault based on the idea that our presentation is inherently 'deceptive'. I let myself be convinced otherwise by people that had criminal law expertise. I think I was wrong to listen

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

Predictably, the UK judiciary finds ways to enable the abuse of men (e.g. lying to women as an undercover cop) while ruining the lives of people that deviate from cishet expectations

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 1d

Our courts also allowed the appeal of a man that lied about a non-existent vasectomy to deceive multiple victims, including causing one to need a termination. One of the most obvious forms of sexual abuse was just a 'quality' that didn't vitiate consent (R v Lawrance (2020))

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 3d

Their former director was parachuted into my constituency and he's so insufferable. The most soulless, grasping attempts to seem local and appeal to Reform voters. Pictures of pints, standing sternly in front of police cars, and inserting himself into every PR opportunity

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 8d

Using recorded rain to get to sleep, only to take my headphones off and realise it's actually been raining the entire time

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 10d

Starmer gave the example of an elderly, rural person seeing an eye specialist for an online follow-up. How is that not an example of something that needs physical examination?

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 14d

I had to explain Tony Blair's obsession with ID cards to a 22 year old today and I've never felt more ancient.

I'm jealous that they have no memory of him as well

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Ser!n Void✨️ @serinvoid.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you Seifer

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 16d

It really is so great. The cynical, vigilant worrier in me is always a little concerned that it might fade like other feelings but this one never does. It does the opposite and that's so magical to me, as basic and obvious as I'm sure it is to other people

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 16d

Struggling to do housework through sobbing for the last 15 minutes because I thought about how much I love my partner. I know it's twee but I still haven't adapted to it after 8 years and I'm happy that I never will

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 19d

He's trying to get his polling low enough to cause an integer underflow. The first Prime Minister to be 2 billion percent ahead.

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 21d

My memory can be pretty bad, but I don't remember a lot of Allison's around then? The A-name I remember most from ~7 years ago is Alice, but that's a pretty timeless choice anyway

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 21d

I love that details like this let you know (roughly) when somebody transitioned. 'Oh you're Jessica era? I'm Zoë era!'

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the only verified Shawn Connolly accept no substitutions @divinecoffeebinge.bsky.social · 22d

every kid that grew up in the closet learned this young

every trans kid learned this young

Stick with your queer community; we've been through this shit, we know how to cope, we'll teach you

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 23d

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 23d

"sorry but i really dont see a way to create a pro-equality pro-worker party without giving bigots and landlords deciding power" well in the business thats what we call 'unsubtle foreshadowing for how things will go'

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Eve Stradiol @eveocation.bsky.social · 23d

Unlike a lot of people, I don't think the Greens should accept any attempt at defection from Sultana.

The YP factionalism and sexism is awful (and predictable) but everyone involved has consistently been incompetent, egotistical, tactically useless, and Labour-brained. Bluntly, she's a liability

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