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Created by Silver seren ( talk). Self-nominated at 20:14, 27 November 2021 (UTC).
It should be made clear that the speculation eg. that physical evidence was forged and that the testicular samples were fraudulently obtained is just speculation.
Playdon's assertions that trans people were able to change their birth certificate on demand should be caveated as assertions by the author. This assertion is contrary to the established law which was that birth certificates could only be changed in the event of an actual error. On page 213 Playdon claims: "that self-declaration of their ‘psychological sex’ was the only valid criteria for deciding trans people’s legal sex". This is in contrast to the opinion of Lord Hunter which is the exact opposite: "I am far from saying, to take an example, that a finding that the psychological sex of an individual was male would ever justify a conclusion that a person was legally a male". Hence, Forbes changed his birth certificate to correct it on the grounds of an unidentified intersex condition, and provided physical evidence to that fact when it was brought into dispute. Void if removed ( talk) 11:05, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
The phrasing of the lede is inappropriate. Whatever Playdon's interpretation of events, at the time there was no question that the case was about "being transgender". The case was about Ewan Forbes' change of sex on his birth certificate and whether he really was male or actually female. Ewan won on the grounds of being considered intersex, not transsexual, and that his original birth certificate was truly in error. The wording should be changed from "the 1968 legal case he was involved in regarding being transgender" to "the 1968 legal dispute over a change of sex on his birth certificate", or alternatively it could be worded "the 1968 legal dispute which called into question his sex". Void if removed ( talk) 11:16, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
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![]() | A fact from The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes appeared on Wikipedia's
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The result was: promoted by
Theleekycauldron (
talk) 19:56, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Created by Silver seren ( talk). Self-nominated at 20:14, 27 November 2021 (UTC).
It should be made clear that the speculation eg. that physical evidence was forged and that the testicular samples were fraudulently obtained is just speculation.
Playdon's assertions that trans people were able to change their birth certificate on demand should be caveated as assertions by the author. This assertion is contrary to the established law which was that birth certificates could only be changed in the event of an actual error. On page 213 Playdon claims: "that self-declaration of their ‘psychological sex’ was the only valid criteria for deciding trans people’s legal sex". This is in contrast to the opinion of Lord Hunter which is the exact opposite: "I am far from saying, to take an example, that a finding that the psychological sex of an individual was male would ever justify a conclusion that a person was legally a male". Hence, Forbes changed his birth certificate to correct it on the grounds of an unidentified intersex condition, and provided physical evidence to that fact when it was brought into dispute. Void if removed ( talk) 11:05, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
The phrasing of the lede is inappropriate. Whatever Playdon's interpretation of events, at the time there was no question that the case was about "being transgender". The case was about Ewan Forbes' change of sex on his birth certificate and whether he really was male or actually female. Ewan won on the grounds of being considered intersex, not transsexual, and that his original birth certificate was truly in error. The wording should be changed from "the 1968 legal case he was involved in regarding being transgender" to "the 1968 legal dispute over a change of sex on his birth certificate", or alternatively it could be worded "the 1968 legal dispute which called into question his sex". Void if removed ( talk) 11:16, 9 December 2021 (UTC)