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Bumper daily coverage of Sandie Peggie’s tribunal continues 🧵

Sandie Peggie’s daughter hits back at NHS Fife manager’s claim mum didn’t like her being gay @alasdair_clark @thecourieruk
thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/52…
NHS medics accused of hiding email in Peggie tribunal @andrewlearmonth @heraldscotland
heraldscotland.com/news/25333743.…
NHS Fife bosses accused of 'deliberately withholding' key documents from Sandie Peggie tribunal @daview96 @ScotExpress scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/…
Sandie Peggie v Beth Upton RECAP: The latest from the NHS Fife trans changing room employment tribunal @RachelAmery @TheScotsman
scotsman.com/news/politics/…
Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie was viewed as misbehaving, lawyer claims @Geri_E_L_Scott @thetimes thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
Gender tribunal hears NHS Fife guidance recommended police involvement over 'changing room incident' @danbarkr @DailyMail
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Quality journalism is expensive. One or occasionally two journalists get bylines, but behind them are editors, photographers and an entire production team.
If you appreciate the outlets covering the case fairly and accurately, consider taking out a subscription or #buyapaper – the health of our democracy depends on us all being well-informed.

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Jul 18
Update from Maya!

The tribunal of Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife resumed this week, and I am in Dundee to watch some of the hearing, with Sandie and her family, and with supporters from Scotland and beyond.Image
Many more have been following online, reading @tribunaltweets or watching the daily reports by Dr Michael Foran:
I first heard about Sandie’s case in January 2024, when @JNHanvey sent Sex Matters a message:

“Hi folks, I have a constituent who has been a staff nurse in our local A&E for over 20 years. She has been suspended for requesting privacy in the changing room. She’s premenopausal and found herself in a bit of a bind. A doctor who is a trans-identifying man refused to give her privacy and claimed her request was bullying. Many colleagues share her concerns, but are too frightened to say anything. Looks like her employer is misinformed of the law and her union RCN appears to be offering very weak support.”
Read 23 tweets
Jul 15
We have received a letter from @scotgov’s Director of People offering a meeting.

It has put its Trans and Non Binary Equality and Inclusion policy under “active review”.

The policy is clearly unlawful, and exposes female staff to harassment 🧵
sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…
The @EHRC has said that duty-bearers should not delay in acting following the Supreme Court’s clarification of the meaning of sex in law.

Despite this, the Scottish Government has written to us saying that it does not agree that it is “appropriate or straightforward to take immediate steps” to bring its policies in line with the law.
Extraordinarily, one of the reasons it gives for not acting swiftly is that the @GoodLawProject is bringing a legal challenge against the @EHRC for its interpretation of the workplace regulations.
Read 7 tweets
Jul 8
Our pressure on @scotgov is hitting the headlines 🧵

“It simply needs to confirm that it accepts the court’s ruling in practice, and to revoke its previous guidance... Nothing more needs to change — except the security and peace of mind for women using the facilities.”

@iainmacwhirter @thetimes on our second letter before action

thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…Image
Front pages of @TheScotsman and @heraldscotland

🔵 scotsman.com/news/politics/…
🔵 heraldscotland.com/news/25289100.… Image
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It was covered by Neil Pooran for PA Media so ran widely across national and regional newspapers not only in Scotland but the wider UK.
thenational.scot/news/national/…
Read 7 tweets
Jun 12
What @LawDisorderShow (with @HelenaKennedyKC @LordCFalconer and Nicholas Mostyn) got wrong about the FWS judgment 🧵

Naomi Cunningham (@legalfeminist) sets them right 👇 Image
Baroness Kennedy expresses surprise that the Supreme Court hasn’t grappled with the problem of discrimination by perception.

Falconer later explains how discrimination by perception works: a matter dealt with fully and lucidly in the judgment at paragraphs 249–250.
Mostyn says “the actual decision affects only a very small number of people,” and points out that only about 8,000 individuals hold a GRC.

This misses the point. The numbers don’t greatly matter: it only takes one man in a supposedly women-only space to render it mixed-sex.
Read 5 tweets
May 21
Lets talk about Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and toilets

It is sometimes argued that Art 8 gives trans people the human right to use opposite-sex facilites.

Is that right? Image
Article 8 concerns the right to respect for private and family life.

It is quite wide ranging. Image
Everyone has the same protection for their human rights, whether they are male or female, trans or not-trans. Image
Read 13 tweets
May 19
The Data Bill is back in the House of Lords this afternoon.

Sex Matters has had a letter from @peterkyle which he asks us to share with supporters. Image
We are pleased that the government has recognised the issue about sex data accuracy

But we are not reassured that it is taking adequate action.

We wrote back explaining the problem again. Image
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1⃣The govt says: “It is for public authorities to decide if they wish to share data, which data they wish to share and to ensure that data is accurate for the purpose for which it is being used.”

This is not how digital identities will work! Public authorities will not know the purpose for which a person's data is requested, only that they have consented to share it.
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