There is almost no place left in modern Britain for people with traditional views. At least, this impression is created against the background of the situation that has recently developed in the English county of Hertfordshire. A woman was arrested in front of her children for being in On Twitter, she called a transgender person a "man." Read the details of the resonant incident further.
In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"38-year-old Kate Scottow was arrested in front of frightened children and "locked up" for 7 hours in a cell for calling a transgender woman a "man" in an online chat. Three policemen took a woman to the police station for a quarrel in Twitter with an activist of the "asexual" movement.
The quarrel on the Internet occurred on the basis of plans for transgender people to receive ID cards with the designation of the other sex. As a result, after being detained, a young mother from Hitchin, in the English county of Hertfordshire, was fingerprinted, a DNA sample was taken and photographed as a criminal. All these materials were sent for further research.
In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"
The arrest took place on December 1, and Kate, so far, has not been returned either a mobile phone or a laptop. Since a woman receives a master's degree in forensic psychology, this makes it difficult for her to study.
In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"38-year-old Kate Scott, mother of three children
In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"Stephanie Hayden's complaints led to Kate's arrest
Representatives of local police authorities said that they carefully check all cases of malicious messages. Famous sitcom writer and comedian Graham Linehan also received a verbal warning from West Yorkshire Police for calling transgender activist Stephanie Hayden by her previous name and pronoun in Twitter.In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"Stephanie (left) and her first abuser, the famous British comedian Graham Linean
The same Miss Stephanie filed a police report on the young mother. The other day, the court found Kate Scott guilty of "targeted harassment against Miss Hayden, calling her a man, which contradicts her status as a transgender woman."In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"Mrs. Scottau denies all allegations of harassment and defamatory statements regarding Ms. Hayden. She says she sincerely believes in common sense and that people can't change their gender just by talking about it. But at the same time, evidence was provided in court that she used two Twitter accounts under different names in order, according to the prosecution, to start a "campaign of harassment" against Miss Stephanie. As a result, the judge handed down a guilty verdict and Kate was legally banned from calling Miss Stephanie a man.
In jail — for comment: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a transgender woman a "man"Now active users of social networks in the West need to carefully monitor what and to whom they write. Expressing your point of view can lead to jail.
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