206. There were 48 respondents in the study who shared that they had been arbitrarily questioned/stopped because of their gender identity and gender expression by the authorities. Out of the 48, 38 were trans women, 8 were trans men and both of the intersex persons. Among of the experience that the respondents shared, but not limited to, were as below: i. ii. iii. iv. 207. Several times, the respondents were stopped at the road blocks by the authorities to verify their identities. A trans woman shared that she was asked to do a urine test. There was also a very disturbing experience shared by a trans woman that she was stopped at a roadblock, the car that she rode with her friend was searched and condoms were found, then the authorities had allegedly requested sex from them. In some instances, the trans women were asked to provide their contact numbers to the authorities without any real reason. A few trans women also shared that they experienced sexual harassment and were laughed at due to their gender identity at the roadblock by the authorities. Separately, a trans man shared that he was stopped at roadblock and the authority had insulted him. A number of trans men had resorted to said that they were intersex persons to authorities to avoid prolonged queries made by the authorities while being stopped. They were also stopped by authorities on their way to office or at public premises and asked to show their identification cards. Some authorities will question where they were going and a trans woman shared that the authority checked her handbag for several times without giving concrete reasons. In several occasions, the authorities will humiliate them by asking whether they were a male or female at the public space even after checking their identification cards. Other includes conducting body searches and some trans women claimed that authority took their money and they had to pay bribes to the authority for their own safety. A trans woman shared that she was arbitrary questioned and subsequently arrested while she was having her lunch at a restaurant by the state religious authority. They were arrested on the suspicion of being sex workers. Some shared that they were stopped and questioned by authority and were later arrested because of merely being in possession of condoms. But then, not all trans women were sex workers but they were profiled due to stigma. These types of treatment from authorities would create anxiety and curtail them from their right to freedom of movement and expression. Experiences of arrest due to gender identity and/or gender expression 208. 88 Out of the 100 respondents, 39 trans women respondents shared that they were arrested by the authorities because of their gender identity and/or gender expression. Most of the arrest occurred during the police raid or operation and | Report On Transgender Persons In KL And Selangor