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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sarah Ward

Transgender medic row could be viewed as hate crime, consultant tells tribunal

A consultant said she had heard nurse Sandie Peggie saying it is ‘not possible to change your sex’ (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

A consultant previously overheard a nurse saying she “did not believe it was possible to change sex” and felt that a dispute with a transgender doctor “could be considered to be a hate crime”, an employment tribunal has heard.

Nurse Sandie Peggie was suspended after she complained about having to share a changing-room with transgender medic Dr Beth Upton at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Christmas Eve 2023.

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