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A trans-identified male in Norway currently appealing a conviction for the rape of a young girl has announced that he has begun the process to change his legal sex marker to ‘female.’ Damien “Damia Scarlet Rose Nesne” Baar, 45, was convicted last year of the rape of a girl while she was between the ages of 12 and 14.
“So absurd has Norwegian law become that this plan is, by all accounts, going to be realized… He will consequently receive a new social security number and be registered as a woman in public registers. Perhaps also as a female criminal in the crime statistics. In the worst case, the Norwegian Correctional Service could decide that he should have his wish fulfilled to serve his sentence in a women’s prison.”
In addition to announcing his plan to change his legal sex, Baar stated that he had endured a difficult life as a result of being “transgender,” and demanded he receive surgeries and hormones subsidized by taxpayers while incarcerated.