Mick Hartley

Another NHS case where a woman has to fight for somewhere to change in privacy, away from men. From the Times:

A nurse suspended after she complained about a trans woman in a female changing room has beaten an attempt to gag reporting of her employment tribunal.

The health worker claims her experiences amounted to harassment and is taking legal action against both her employer, NHS Fife, and the colleague who undressed in what she believes should be a female-only space.

The clue's in the name: female changing room.

In a rare move, the health board and the trans woman made formal applications for the case to be heard in private and the names of those involved and the hospital department where they worked to be kept secret.

The nurse — as well as gender-critical campaign groups and major media organisations, including The Times — opposed gagging attempts at a special hearing in November.

Judge Antoine Tinnion has now ordered that all proceedings be public and that the parties be named. It can now be revealed that the nurse taking the action is Sandie Peggie and that the trans woman she accused of harassment is a doctor called Beth Upton. Both work at the A&E department of Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy….

Peggie at one point is understood to have been told she could change in a cupboard if she was uncomfortable with her trans colleague.

NHS Fife in September announced that it had paused development of its trans policy “following growing coverage and public debate”.

Which is exactly why these tribunals need to be in the public eye – so this kind of trans pandering over women's concerns gets exposed.