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Trans cops in the UK given authority to strip search female suspects

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The British Transport Police (BTP) has sparked outrage by allowing biologically male transgender officers with gender recognition certificates (GRCs) to strip-search female suspects, a move critics call a breach of women’s rights.

The policy, approved in September, permits transgender officers to search individuals of the gender they identify with, even without legally changing their sex.

Former Conservative MP Miriam Cates labelled the guidance “state-sanctioned sexual assault,” warning of potential exploitation.

Critics like retired police superintendent Cathy Larkman and rights advocate Maya Forstater argue the practice is dehumanizing and a blatant violation of human dignity, drawing attention to the state’s duty to protect citizens from degrading treatment.

Despite assurances that detainees may object to the officer conducting the search, women’s rights groups maintain the policy undermines safety and dignity.

The Women’s Rights Network and the charity Sex Matters have condemned the policy, calling for its immediate repeal. The controversy follows a similar policy withdrawn earlier this year due to government concerns over women’s safety. Campaigners argue that prioritising self-identified gender over biological sex in such intimate situations ignores fundamental rights and risks eroding trust in law enforcement.

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9 COMMENTS

    • Don’t know about Stormer, BUT-
      His wife is J3wi$h and they promote this type of crap among non-J3wi$h populations…that is, when they’re not conducting blood libel ritual sacrifices…!

  1. I am male and would like to say I would very much prefer to be striped search by a 22-year-old 5″8 size 10 female policewoman than some hairy legged male cross dresser pretending to be a woman.

    Both would send shivers up my spine but each in their own way.

  2. I can’t wait to see the law suits. They should be charged if the search someone of the opposite sex. Birthday certificate does not lie

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