tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post5810270736628296331..comments2024-03-24T13:12:39.210+13:00Comments on Bluestocking <i>Blue</i>: Lyn Tornabene and the Red QueenViviennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06137595207723645418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-31054366178762179992012-04-22T21:12:26.993+12:002012-04-22T21:12:26.993+12:00In UK law there is a phenomenon called "Inten...In UK law there is a phenomenon called "Intention to Deceive". Some crossdressers are more aware of it than others. In brief, if I dress and pass as a woman publicly, but continue to use my own name, identity (e.g. bank cards and whatnot) and phone number, the law is unconcerned. On the other hand, if I attempt to assume a new identity (e.g. applying for a passport in my fem name, which is not recognised under law) then I have the Intent to Deceive, and I have committed a crime.<br /><br />(In fact one Scottish bank, and I don't know if they still do this, made a thing for a while that they would issue you with a bank card in your fem name (but drawn on your own current account) so that you wouldn't have to be embarrassed by presenting a card belonging to Jim Bloggs where you were trying to pass as Jane Bloggs. I never bothered to pursue this further at the time, and I didn't have an account with that bank, but I remember thinking it was fairly evolved for the Scots).<br /><br />I am not intending to deceive. I am not intending to break the law, or to deceive people. In any case, the point is fairly moot, since I don't pass in public, so haven't got the opportunity to legally (or morally) test this case!Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06137595207723645418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-78184304288187009602012-04-21T03:54:45.254+12:002012-04-21T03:54:45.254+12:00I understand the pull of wanting to escape from li...I understand the pull of wanting to escape from life and pretend to be someone else for a while. I often fantasized about doing so, about dressing as a woman and passing and having people not realize who I really was. I guess it's not so different from what children do in their imaginative games. It's easy to see why it's fun and thrilling. But morally, I wonder about it. Pretending to be someone else in the privacy of your own home seems fairly harmless, because then it's just for you and you are not deceiving other people. But going out on the town seems entirely different. Yes, you are doing something which would surely be thrilling and fun, but you are trying to deceive people, and something seems morally wrong about that to me.Thorin25https://www.blogger.com/profile/14491694029264437630noreply@blogger.com