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A former paratrooper who underwent a sex change operation has been awarded £250,000 compensation in an out of court settlement of her claim for sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal. Jan Hamilton, formerly Captain Ian Hamilton, was ordered to attend a compulsory army medical examination in her male uniform. She refused, saying it would have been 'humiliating and demeaning' for her to have to attend dressed as a man.

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