Judge issues limp apology after ‘dangerously’ identifying 10-year-old trans girl on Twitter

Krystyna Pawlowicz, a top court justice in Poland, has been condemned for publicising personal information about a 10-year-old trans girl on Twitter.

On Tuesday (6 April), Pawlowicz, a justice on the Constitutional Tribunal, tweeted about the case of a school director in the town of Podkowa Lesna, near Warsaw, who had instructed teachers to respect the wishes of a trans child to be addressed as a girl.

In the original tweet, Pawlowicz disapproved of the school’s decision, arguing that it disregarded the official sex designation on the child’s records, according to Associated Press. Pawlowicz called her a “boy” and mentioned the girl’s chosen name, the name of the school, the principal’s name and the school’s address.

Krystyna Pawlowicz, who is a former politician from the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, later said she had deleted it “for the sake of the child”. She wrote: “The case is much more complicated than I was informed. I didn’t want to cause any distress to the child. I’m sorry.”

However, the original tweet caused a social media outcry with users pointing out the information could be used to identify the child and put her in danger.

Reuters reported Cezary Tomczyk, leader of the centre-right Civic Platform party’s parliamentary group, accused Pawlowicz of putting the child “in danger”. Tomczyk said the party was submitting a request for prosecutors to investigate Pawlowicz’s actions.

Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz, a member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, wrote on Twitter that she and Tomczyk had submitted a notification for the public prosecutor’s office about a possible crime being committed by Pawlowicz after she disclosed the child’s personal information.

Source: PinkNews