What I don't agree with is just reverting back to the old system. It doesn't work for trans people, and it doesn't work for cis inmates either.
By 'cis inmates' do you mean actual female prisoners?
Sex-segregated prison estates work best for female prisoners in terms of safety, privacy, dignity, wellbeing and rehabilitation. Women in prison have had no say in the removal of their sex-based rights in the name of trans inclusion.
Obviously trans prisoners need accommodating as well and the prison service has a duty to safeguard the wellbeing of every prisoner, however they identify, but it's not women's problem to sort out where trans prisoners should be housed.
It's absolutely fine for women to simply say we want our sex-based rights upheld, even if we don't have the solution. It's the job of the prison service and the government to work out how to uphold women's rights while also upholding the rights of trans prisoners.
I'm curious as to how believing in some kind of psychology evaluation before next steps are taken is transphobic. In a prison setting obviously you have to be careful. In every day life, people are mistaken fairly often, no? Gender is confusing and complex. Not to mention due to the overload on gender stereotypes in our society, children get their wires crossed. There are non reversible hormones on offer, aren't there? And surgery is obviously pretty permanent.
Precautions should be taken before any permanent decisions.
Yes, it's all very worrying and the move to demedicalise trans will adversely affect lots of vulnerable people. is Theresa May anouncing that being trans is not an illness and should not be treated as such.
The proposals are that everything is stripped out of the GRA except for the self-declaration. No psychological evaluation, no being careful, possibly no NHS funded surgery or homones because if trans is not an illness why should the NHS fund treatment? This is a tory policy, don't forget.