Sherri_Ingrey on Nostr: The NHS is attempting to ban a nurse from referring to a transgender doctor as a man ...
The NHS is attempting to ban a nurse from referring to a transgender doctor as a man as part of a legal battle.
A lawyer acting for NHS Fife said an order should be imposed to prevent Sandie Peggie from using male pronouns or terminology to refer to Beth Upton, a biologically male doctor who identifies as female, in employment tribunal hearings which begin next month.
Jane Russell, who is also acting for Dr Upton, claimed that “gratuitous misgendering” from Ms Peggie and her lawyers had already caused “pain” and “harm” to her client.
She accused her opponents of “contributing to a climate of hostility and hatred towards trans people”.
She urged employment judge Sandy Kemp to impose an order which would require Ms Peggie and her legal team to refer to Dr Upton in “neutral” terms in future hearings, despite the court hearing that the nurse’s belief that the medic is a man was “central” to her case.
The case centres around three occasions in 2023, in which Ms Peggie encountered Dr Upton in the female changing rooms at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
https://archive.ph/i3zHd#selection-2899.0-2933.109
A lawyer acting for NHS Fife said an order should be imposed to prevent Sandie Peggie from using male pronouns or terminology to refer to Beth Upton, a biologically male doctor who identifies as female, in employment tribunal hearings which begin next month.
Jane Russell, who is also acting for Dr Upton, claimed that “gratuitous misgendering” from Ms Peggie and her lawyers had already caused “pain” and “harm” to her client.
She accused her opponents of “contributing to a climate of hostility and hatred towards trans people”.
She urged employment judge Sandy Kemp to impose an order which would require Ms Peggie and her legal team to refer to Dr Upton in “neutral” terms in future hearings, despite the court hearing that the nurse’s belief that the medic is a man was “central” to her case.
The case centres around three occasions in 2023, in which Ms Peggie encountered Dr Upton in the female changing rooms at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
https://archive.ph/i3zHd#selection-2899.0-2933.109