A Muslim NHS England employee is set for a payout of thousands of pounds after bosses discriminated against her by allowing trans women to use single sex lavatories.
Lawyers for the woman, who was anonymised in an employment tribunal ruling, forecast that she could receive up to £25,000 in compensation after a judge backed the challenge to the quango’s trans equality procedure.
The employee sued health bosses over claims that she suffered discrimination and harassment because of her belief that biology defined men and women.
Her case centred on policies adopted by NHS England in 2017, which stated that trans colleagues could use the single-sex facilities, including lavatories and showers, that corresponded with their gender identity once they reached “full-time presentation … in the new gender role”.
Five years after the policy was put in place, the woman received an email announcing the transition of a colleague. She was asked to attend a “trans awareness session”, which prompted the woman to complain formally.
The woman argued that the policy indirectly discriminated against women generally, Muslim women specifically, as well as women with post-traumatic stress disorder that was caused by male sexual violence.
Excellent news. Though it’s to be hoped that it’s not just the the Muslim bit that got the verdict over the line. It’s not just Muslim women who object to men in women’s spaces.
“…was harassment in relation to GC belief.”
Mick Hartley 
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