A PETITION to stop a trans woman being sent to an all-male prison reached 7,000 signatures yesterday, less than a day after it started.

LGBT rights campaigners and politicians were among those trying to reverse Bath magistrates’ decision last Friday to send make-up artist Tara Hudson to HM Prison Bristol for a week after she admitted assault.

Despite having been medically declared a woman after undergoing six years of reassignment surgery, Ms Hudson’s passport still labels her as a man.