Australian transsexual sues policemen for 'revealing her past'
Submitted by woman network on Thu, 07/02/2008 - 12:07.
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Australian transsexual sues policemen for 'revealing her past'
AFP - Wednesday, February 6 05:38 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian transsexual is suing two policemen for
allegedly telling her unsuspecting boyfriend about her gender switch,
leading to a violent confrontation, it was reported Wednesday.
Brigitte Fell has launched a lawsuit accusing the officers of breaching
privacy laws by telling her then-boyfriend about the sex change while he
was in police custody, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reported.
Constables Tyrone Stacey and Brendan Ritson pleaded not guilty in a
Sydney court Tuesday and could face two years jail if convicted of
unlawfully disclosing information, the newspaper reported.
It said Fell's boyfriend was picked up by police for suspected theft in
September 2006 and while he was in custody Stacey allegedly accessed
confidential information about Fell, revealing she was born a man.
Ritson, who was looking over his colleague's shoulder, allegedly shouted
to Jacobson that he was having sexual relations with "a bloke".
After the boyfriend, Garrick Jacobson denied it, he was allegedly shown
paperwork indicating her gender and told: "See, it's a guy."
Fell told the court that when Jacobson was released he stormed into her
flat and confronted her, asking if what the police told him was true.
She said he repeatedly punched her in the face, resulting in her
hospitalisation for several days.
Fell told the court that she underwent sex change surgery in London
about 12 years ago and claimed the privacy breach "ruined my life", the
Telegraph reported.
She said she had not previously revealed her surgery to Jacobson, her
boyfriend of about two months, because "he was temperamental enough".
h r c
Submitted by noeleena on Tue, 04/03/2008 - 16:47.
hi... Kate ...sorry i thought you knew about our human rights commission report ... to be who i am ... corncerning our lives as a trans comunity in n z per all aspects of our lives we will be working with all groups like police. our d h b health . schools & the like ..... noeleena.....
Say what ?
Submitted by kate on Wed, 20/02/2008 - 22:48.
Read what noeleena ?
"h. r c. as you know our transcrip is out "
?? , I'm lost .
the police .....
Submitted by noeleena on Mon, 18/02/2008 - 19:23.
hi .... all.....looks like the police have been in the deep end ...o dear its better here in n z i deal with the police & they know me ... hee hee ya its all good . that aside .h. r c. as you know our transcrip is out so i am hoping to now start talking to them & concerns we have so that they can be addressd & some other groups i have dealings with, i was wondering if you have read it & if you would like to comment on that just to get some idears from you .....please.....noeleena....
I think so, too
Submitted by kareng on Sun, 17/02/2008 - 20:42.
Hi Sian
I regret I think so, too.
There is a an awful lot of misunderstanding about us out there.
I have also experienced discrimination from police officers and been poorly treated by some of those in the force who should surely know better.
The police are like any other group in the community... some good, some bad, and many who are just plain confused (ignorant).
The fear of difference is at the root of all discrimination. We all of us find difference challenging and some more than others.
It's a sad thing...
kaz
I wonder if those cops did
Submitted by Sian on Sat, 09/02/2008 - 19:30.
I wonder if those cops did what they did to make their prisoner angry... or are they so transphobic that they would actually prefer to take the side of a violent criminal? Sadly, I suspect the latter.
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