The sentencing of a man who told police he was a woman after he was caught filming a woman in a public toilet in the UK attracted the attention of JK Rowling over the weekend.
The author of the Harry Potter series posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) about Curtis Mawson’s conviction on Saturday, writing, “Only evil, mean bigots would make this claim; Something that will never happen has happened again.”
In response to Ms Mawson’s actions, Ms Rowling published a series of tweets addressing the wider concerns at hand.
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In the first paragraph of the three-tweet thread, Rowling wrote, “We want transgender people to be safe and happy, while recognizing the risks to women and girls by eradicating single-sex spaces. It is possible. Women and girls are under pressure to: We give up our hard-won rights to a group that clearly poses a danger to us. ”
“Statistics don’t lie. Some, but not all, men who identify as transgender commit sexual and violent crimes against women and girls. Some men “Predators are using gender identity activism to assert a transgender identity that they never supported before being convicted or assaulted,” she continued.
She ended the thread with: “Telling women and girls that they have to accept increased risks for themselves in order to appease men’s feelings is the very definition of the patriarchy you claim to be against. A vulnerable position. Women in the world are paying the price for a fashionable fallacy with deeply problematic real-world consequences. ”
story Rowling reported that Mawson was “seen inside a women’s toilet” in Durham on May 5, 2022, “standing in a closed cubicle and looking into the cubicle next door”.
When police arrived at the scene and asked if anyone was inside, Mawson responded in a high-pitched voice, “Yes.”
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JK Rowling spoke out about transgender people invading women’s spaces. (Getty Images)
Prosecutors said officers at the scene continued to ask why she was in the women’s bathroom, but Mawson responded, “I just got cold,” before claiming she was a woman, according to Chronicle Live. Stated.
Officers seized his cell phone and camera and found footage of a woman in a bathroom stall.
Durham Crown Court heard that after discovering Mawson’s home had been previously searched, it launched a further investigation, producing “the most serious Category A images, as well as Category B and C images”, as well as “extreme Several devices containing indecent images of children were seized. “Pornographic images of people engaging in acts with dogs,” Chronicle Live reported.
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Mr Mawson is also accused of sexually assaulting a tourist who was taking pictures of Durham Cathedral in June.
The report said Mawson admitted failing to register as a sex offender and pleaded guilty to sexual assault, “three counts of voyeurism, taking indecent photographs of children and possessing extreme pornographic images.” .
He was sentenced to 25 months in prison.
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