Western Australia’s gender laws are being tested through the courts after a male criminal who transitioned behind bars fights to be moved to a women’s prison.

The WA government has mounted a legal bid to stop an inmate who has transitioned to female while incarcerated in a men’s prison from transferring to a women’s jail.

Western Australia’s gender laws are being tested through the courts after a male criminal who transitioned behind bars fights to be moved to a women’s prison.