Police embroiled in fresh woke row over trans strip-search guidance

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A trans row has erupted over police guidance allowing biological males identifying as women to request strip searches by female officers.Women's rights charity Sex Matters has launched a High Court challenge against The National Police Chiefs' Council and British Transport Police, arguing the policy is discriminatory against female colleagues.Official guidance allows transgender detainees to "express a preference" for being searched by an officer matching their lived gender, rather than their biological sex.With court proceedings to begin on June 16, Sex Matters has appealed the loophole via preliminary court documents, insisting it forces female officers to conduct intimate searches of biological males.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The NPCC guidance states: "Where an individual whose lived in gender is not the same as their biological sex expresses a preference to be searched by an officer of their lived gender, efforts will be made to ensure an appropriate officer is identified...

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