Steven BrocklehurstBBC Scotland PA Media Nurse Sandie Peggie, pictured after the tribunal judgement, has worked for the NHS for 30 years A nurse who objected to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor has won a claim for harassment against NHS Fife but other allegations of discrimination and victimisation were dismissed. Sandie Peggie … Read more
Alison Holt,Social affairs editor, Ewan Somerville and Kate Whannel,Political reporter Getty Images Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance or behaviour, according to proposed new guidance seen by the BBC. A code of practice, produced by the equalities watchdog and awaiting ministerial approval, says … Read more
PA Media Nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital have taken their NHS bosses to an employment tribunal NHS bosses “penalised” female nurses complaining about a transgender woman using their changing room, an employment tribunal has been told. Eight nurses are challenging a policy which allows the single-sex room at Darlington Memorial Hospital to be used by … Read more
Sex Matters Sandie Peggie was suspended after a row over changing rooms A Fife nurse who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender colleague has begun giving evidence at an employment tribunal. Sandie Peggie claims being made to get changed beside Dr Beth Upton – who is a trans woman … Read more
Health Secretary promises consultation on NHS constitution, calling for a “common-sense” approach. Source link
A spokesperson for the West of England Specialist Gender Identity Clinic (the Laurels) said: “Like similar services across the country, ours has faced a number of challenges over the last few years, including a steep rise in demand, delays with surgery created by the pandemic and difficulty in recruiting to key posts. Source link
For transgender kids, the simple act of finding and using a restroom has been complicated by adult politics, particularly at schools. More than 100 anti-trans bills passed this year in the U.S., with many focused on children and students. Most recently, Oklahoma’s governor signed into law a bill that forces all public school students to use … Read more
As of April 2022, two states have passed bills banning gender-affirming care – health care related to a transgender person’s medical transition – for transgender youth, and 20 states are considering laws that would do so. If passed in all these states, more than a third of transgender teens aged 13 to 17 would live … Read more
Two years ago, just when the world was shutting down, I opened up – to my true self. Having discovered that I was a transgender man, I set out to medically transition at the onset of the pandemic. In early March of 2020, I could count on one hand the people who knew I was … Read more
It comes after ministers removed therapies for transgender people from a forthcoming ban. Source link