A police force in Britain has decided that male officers will now search for trans women in custody. This change recently follows the Supreme Court’s decision about the definition of sex. The British Transport Police (BTP) announced this new “interim status”, stating that Trans individuals in custody would be discovered according to their birth sex. As a result, trans women will be discovered by male officers, and trans women officers will no longer allow female prisoners to find.
As Guardian, Under the previous policy of the force, officials were told that anyone in custody with gender recognition certificate would be discovered by an officer, who matches a detained gender.
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In the most senior court of the UK, judges unanimously ruled on Wednesday that in the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010, transgender women were not involved in the legal definition of a woman who holds gender recognition certificates.
A spokes for BTP said, “Under the previous policy, we advised that someone with gender recognition certificate could be discovered according to their acquired sex.
“However, as an interim position when we digest tomorrow’s decision, we have advised our authorities that any similar sex discoveries in custody are to be done according to the captive’s biological birth sex.
“We are in the process of reviewing the implications of the ruling and will consider any necessary updates for our policies and practices to suit law and national guidance.”
