More than 100,000 people signed a petition to have a transgender woman moved from HMP Bristol, where she was sent by Bath Magistrates Court to serve a 12-week sentence for assault. She was later moved to a female prison.
A judge has said prison officials should reconsider where a transgender woman serves her sentence for assault.
Supporters of Tara Hudson staged a demonstration outside Bristol Crown Court - where her appeal against the jail term was rejected. The court heard she'd been taunted by inmates since being sent to the all-male Bristol prison.
While rejecting her appeal, the judge said it was for the prison service rather than the court to decide where she should serve her term, and invited "sensitive consideration" of the issue.
Transgender prisoner Tara Hudson has described life in an all-male prison as "hell" in an interview with ITV Westcountry.
A transgender woman from Bath will go back to a male prison despite protests.
A court will decide whether a transgender woman from Bath will serve her sentence in a female or male prison.