Trans women in custody will be searched by male officers following Wednesday’s landmark Supreme Court ruling, the British Transport Police have said.

A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “Under previous policy, we had advised that someone with a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) may be searched in accordance with their acquired sex, however as an interim position while we digest yesterday’s judgement, we have advised our officers that any same sex searches in custody are to be undertaken in accordance with the biological birth sex of the detainee.

“We are in the process of reviewing the implications of the ruling and will consider any necessary updates to our policies and practices in line with the law and national guidance.”

  • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
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    3 days ago

    Thankfully society agrees with me and not the online bubble world.

    Show me a society that wants to require guys to use women’s spaces like you do, lol.

    I don’t care what someone does with their body, the pronouns they pick it what they believe they are.

    But do you care when someone that looks like a man uses the women’s room?

    The women/man in the photo you attached can identify as what they like.

    That’s not the question. The question is who gets to decide which bathroom people use. I think the government doesn’t need be involved in that decision, you seem to be of the “papers, please” persuasion.

    Someone just identifying as a male or female with no changes to their physical characteristics is also allowed in the opposite change room though? It’s always the extreme with you lot.

    You’re calling me extreme, when you’re here saying that people who have made changes to their physical characteristics should be required to use a restroom that doesn’t match them.