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https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/02/12/calling-yourself-a-woman-does-not-make-you-biologically-female/
When a doctor of all people declares himself, as a transgender woman, to be ‘biologically female’, something has gone horribly wrong with society. This incredible statement was heard by the Edinburgh Employment Tribunal this week, when Dr Beth Upton explained why he believed he had every right to use the women’s changing rooms at his hospital.
Upton also told the court that he would not proactively disclose his transgender status to a patient. He considers it a ‘private matter’ akin to ‘my medical history, my sexual orientation, my place of residence, my age’. If a patient were to request to see a female doctor, he said he would have no qualms ignoring their wishes, as he considers himself a woman. It would be up to the patient, he said, to make a request for a different doctor. That a sick and vulnerable person might not feel able to stand up to him didn’t seem to register as important. Nor did it seem to matter to Upton that Peggie was herself a victim of sexual assault. During the cross-examination, she was forced to disclose the details of how she was assaulted by a male GP when she was a child. Upton made clear he was unmoved by this, arguing that ‘someone’s trauma doesn’t justify… putting restrictions on the rights of others to access spaces’.
Just a decade ago, the right of female employees to change away from the eyes of men would be a given. If this were not the case, trade unions would be expected to step up and protect them. Yet astonishingly, it is Upton that has been treated as the victim here – both by his employer, NHS Fife, and his union, the British Medical Association. Peggie now risks a blight on her otherwise perfect 30-year record, all because she dared to stand her ground against trans-activist bullying.
When a doctor of all people declares himself, as a transgender woman, to be ‘biologically female’, something has gone horribly wrong with society. This incredible statement was heard by the Edinburgh Employment Tribunal this week, when Dr Beth Upton explained why he believed he had every right to use the women’s changing rooms at his hospital.
Upton also told the court that he would not proactively disclose his transgender status to a patient. He considers it a ‘private matter’ akin to ‘my medical history, my sexual orientation, my place of residence, my age’. If a patient were to request to see a female doctor, he said he would have no qualms ignoring their wishes, as he considers himself a woman. It would be up to the patient, he said, to make a request for a different doctor. That a sick and vulnerable person might not feel able to stand up to him didn’t seem to register as important. Nor did it seem to matter to Upton that Peggie was herself a victim of sexual assault. During the cross-examination, she was forced to disclose the details of how she was assaulted by a male GP when she was a child. Upton made clear he was unmoved by this, arguing that ‘someone’s trauma doesn’t justify… putting restrictions on the rights of others to access spaces’.
Just a decade ago, the right of female employees to change away from the eyes of men would be a given. If this were not the case, trade unions would be expected to step up and protect them. Yet astonishingly, it is Upton that has been treated as the victim here – both by his employer, NHS Fife, and his union, the British Medical Association. Peggie now risks a blight on her otherwise perfect 30-year record, all because she dared to stand her ground against trans-activist bullying.