Tory Govt Placing Trans Women in Female Only Prisons Is Lawful, UK High Court Rules

Transgender women who were born as men can legally be placed in female-only prisons in England and Wales, the High Court has ruled. A lawsuit put forward by a female inmate, referred to as FDJ, argued that Britain’s policy of allowing trans inmates to be housed in women’s prisons — regardless of whether they have been legally recognised as women or have had any gender reassignment surgery — exposes female inmates to a higher risk of being sexually assaulted while in prison.-- More...