US EditionTrans women to be strip searched by male transport police after court ruling
- Male officers will perform searches of trans women following the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, as announced by the British Transport Police.
- The new policy means trans women in custody will be searched by male officers, excluding them from searching female detainees.
- The Supreme Court's ruling states that the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the 2010 Equality Act refer to biological sex, impacting single-sex spaces.
- Baroness Kishwer Falkner stated the ruling is 'enormously consequential' and emphasized the importance of protecting the rights of all trans people.
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UK accelerates rules for the use of public spaces following Supreme ruling on trans women
The United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling limiting the legal definition of women to biological sex, thus excluding trans persons from that category, has been celebrated by many sectors of British society as “a victory of common sense” and as a necessary and long-awaited clarification. For many others, however, the unanimous decision of the magistrates generates new doubts, fears and uncertainties for which there is still no answer.
Trans women to be strip searched by male transport police after court ruling
British Transport Police, the force that polices Britain's railways, is adopting an interim policy while it digests the Supreme Court's ruling that the definition of a "woman" under equality laws refers to biological women.
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