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Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a sexual assault case that it was “problematic” for a lower court judge to refer to the alleged victim as a “woman,” implying that the more appropriate term should have been “person with a vagina.” Nobody in the case was trans by YesMovement
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whole_nine_yards 2 points ago +2 / -0

Far more worrisome is the decision based solely on he said/she said testimony. I hope there was some physical evidence leading to a guilty verdict. But considering the Masterson case in California, it seems that in the legal systems of both Canada and large parts of the US, accusation presumes guilt.

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