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A woman in Norway is facing up to three years in prison on criminal hate-speech charges after saying that a man cannot become a lesbian. Tonje Gjevjon, a lesbian filmmaker and actress, was informed on Nov. 17 that she was under investigation for speaking out against prominent Norwegian activist Christine Jentoft on Facebook. Jentoft is a transgender female that often refers to herself as a lesbian mother. Jentoft previously accused another woman, Christina Ellingsen, of transphobia for a similar claim. Ellingsen is also under investigation and faces three years in jail if found guilty. The post on Gjevjon’s Facebook page...

How could any sane person prepare himself for such a time as this? Tonje Gjevjon, a Norwegian artist and lesbian, was recently informed that she was being investigated by the police for engaging in "hate speech" because of a Facebook post she made stating that men can't be lesbians. Gjevjon could spend up to three years in prison for stating an obvious, immutable truth. Gjevjon wrote, "It's just as impossible for men to become lesbian as it is for men to become pregnant. Men are men regardless of their sexual fetishes." Daring to question or criticize the trans community will...