British Transport Police amends strip-searching policy after supreme court gender ruling

Male officers would carry out searches on trans women, BTP says, as it ‘reviews implications of ruling’Trans women arrested on Britain’s railways will in future be strip-searched by male officers in an updated policy after a landmark ruling by the supreme court.The British Transport Police said same-sex searches in custody would be conducted “in accordance with the biological birth sex of the detainee” under updated guidance for public bodies. Continue reading...