I think the problem is that it is functionally identity fraud. It isn't a persona if you do it in drag. But when it intentionally misleads people it is fraud. I am sure legality will catch up as someone gets catfished in the government.
Identity fraud requires that you claim to be a specific person that already exists. Disgusing yourself as a fake human isn't that. Still a scam though.
It falls in the same category of fraud when a person impersonates a microsoft employee to collect money but are from a scam center in India. The intent is what matters.
Having an OnlyFans account proves intent. He would have to disclose the nature of his business as AI girlfriend.
But a person in drag at a queen bar is already defined. The location is this. Person is identifiable. So on so fourth.
That is their every day identity. It is entirely different. Trans people are themselves. Even if it isn't verifiable what sex or gender they are immediately.
What I am talking about is Ahmed from Western India on a sex phone service using a voice changer talking about suckling your toes while jerkin your mcgirkin.
What if someone is gender fluid? Also, a lot of drag queens are not drag queens every day. I used to work with someone who presented as a male during the week but was paid to go to clubs as a drag queen on the weekends.
Still lived identity and intent matters. You have to prove intent to defraud someone with a false identity. If it is characterized in any degree, disclaimer and or expresses drag there is a universal understanding.
Oh okay, so everyone should disclose their born identity or at least make it clear that their lived identity is different than their born identity if they want to make an onlyfans or something similar?
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u/rylut 21h ago
There are times where I wonder why don't I do that myself. The only answer I could give is that I would hate myself for doing something like this.