A UK teenager with Asperger’s was fined roughly 800 dollars and placed under a three-month curfew for asking a transgender police officer “is it a boy or a girl?”
Nineteen-year-old Declan Armstrong offended police officer Connor Freel by asking Freel’s gender. The question reportedly left the officer feeling “upset and embarrassed.”
Freel’s counselor spoke about the situation saying:
“To have something shouted at him that had such personal connotations whilst he was on his own in the middle of a public place that was rather busy due to market day footfall did leave him vulnerable, distressed, and embarrassed.”
While the teen denies asking the question he was convicted of violating the Welsh Public Order Act 1986 by “using abusive or insulting words with intent to cause harassment.”
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