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A group of nurses have won their case against the NHS after they were forced to share their changing room with a trans-identifying man.
Employment Judge Sweeney and tribunal members Denise Newey and Malcolm Brain ruled that the policy enforced by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust had failed to take the nurses' concerns seriously and amounted to unlawful harassment and discrimination.
The tribunal concluded that the policy violated the dignity of the nurses and created "a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment."
It is the latest landmark judgment to be handed down on transgenderism after the Supreme Court last year declaredthat the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. That ruling determined that the use of public facilities, like changing rooms, should be based on one's sex, not subjective feelings.
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Employment Judge Sweeney and tribunal members Denise Newey and Malcolm Brain ruled that the policy enforced by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust had failed to take the nurses' concerns seriously and amounted to unlawful harassment and discrimination.
The tribunal concluded that the policy violated the dignity of the nurses and created "a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment."
It is the latest landmark judgment to be handed down on transgenderism after the Supreme Court last year declaredthat the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. That ruling determined that the use of public facilities, like changing rooms, should be based on one's sex, not subjective feelings.
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'Degrading and dangerous': Nurses forced to undress in front of trans-identified man celebrate court victory
A group of nurses have won their case against the NHS after they were forced to share their changing room with a trans-identifying man