Pulled up at work for ‘trans views’

I would be going back and saying that the comments they have made to you are bullying and harassment. You are entitled to your own view. I would be asking why you should have to accept being called a cis woman as you don’t believe you are and why do trans rights trump your right to call yourself what you want.

No it doesn't. It means someone who has a gender identity that aligns with their sex. In order to be cis, you must have a gender identity. Not everyone has one.

Personally, I think gender is a tool used by the patriarchy to oppress women mainly but also gay men and I refuse to buy in to it. My sex is female and I refute the patriarchy's efforts to force stereotypes on me.

And honestly this type of 'training' is bullshit.

I object to being called cis as well I don’t identify as having a gender identity so I’m just a woman. I do think your attitude would demonstrate something to colleagues and that is you are entitled to your own opinion on this matter abd thst is a powerful thing,

It’s the ‘look at ME, validate Me, listen to ME’ brigade, they are SO bloody boring!

I was going to say this too. I'm old senior in my work place and vocal in our Women in Science campaigns/conferences.
I have the confidence to speak out where more junior colleagues may feel less able (an issue in itself obviously).

Haha, fair point.

Your view is protected by law and your employer has potentially harassed you.

to be fair this person isn’t getting up to anything in the bedroom…

You are setting an excellent example to junior colleagues OP.

Also the law is firmly on your side.

If I were you I'd thank them for their opinion, but make it clear it's up to you how you describe yourself and go on your merry way.

I find the term ‘cis’ highly offensive. I identify as a woman. If my employer pulled me up on this I would feel that they were excluding me and how I ‘identify’. I.e as an adult human female. I suggest you take the same approach with your employer OP. I bet a lot of people in the room were in agreement with you.

Yes, this exactly.

WHEN did this happen OP? If after the SC ruling I'd have to question the faculties of whoever had words with you. Totally unprofessional and stupid to raise this following a clear ruling like that. There are two sexes male and female and no subsets at all.

If the dressing down took place PRIOR to the SC ruling, then your response will be exactly the same now. The law hasn't changed one iota, merely clarified.

I cannot understand how any employer could still try and foment discord on this subject right now.

Declaring your sexuality in the workplace is so cringe.
Who wants to know what others get up to in the bedroom? Yuck.
I can see revealing it to your close team would be of benefit, but not the wider workplace.
I have no idea what sexuality my coworkers are, I can make assumptions based on their partners, but they would only be guesses, and I don't want to know.
Attention seeking.

Agreed. What about YOUR right to define yourself as YOU see fit?

My youngest briefly claimed to be agender, we both missed the spelling and for a few, heady, days I was Chairmum. I don't miss minuting all the conversations though.

I thought if you were 'agender' you were claiming the gender identity of not having a gender identity. They/themming anyway seems to be trying to have cake and eating it.

I respect and use my colleague's pronouns, I would appreciate it if I am respected equally by not calling me 'cis' or 'cis gender' as this is insulting to my own personal beliefs which have been tested in court as equivalent to a religious faith.

I expect this to be conveyed to any colleagues or outside training providers.

The revelation of what your occupation is doesn't surprise me. I also work for a captured public sector institution. The Maya Forstater and SC judgements have the law on your side, so the suggestion to put any concerns in writing is an interesting one (and there is no way they will do that).

Organisational policy compels me to address people by their chosen name. I don't have any problem with that. Then there are pronouns. I avoid using sex/gendered pronouns at all for the most part: adopting a 'mangling language' approach which I try to see as a game. I do not address people by unwanted pronouns: that's against organisational policy and could see me disciplined. This way I don't offend anyone and am able hold to my own principles.

What they cannot expect me to do, ever, is to accept the labels they arbitrarily attach to me. I do not accept 'cis'. I will vocally state that I do not accept 'cis'. I do not announce 'my' own pronouns, nor do I wear rainbow lanyards or display embellished signatures. I don't respond to requests for 'my' pronouns in meetings. I maintain an awkward silence, or inform them this isn't a practice I follow.

I've always refused to attend any gender 'training' (aka brow beating), and when this has been included as part of a strategy day agenda I've ensured that for this portion I've been absent. I know that ship has already sailed for you but in the event that you have to stay in this job I wouldn't be attending any more.

The demand that we signal compliance in this way boils my blood. They cannot force you to declare your 'gender' or to dictate the terms in which you refer to yourself.

Respect/'inclusion' cuts both ways.

Did the person giving the training assume you were a woman or did they ask first? I would have said I don't identify as a cis woman and no elaborated any further. Respect and inclusivity works both ways.

Absolutely this.

the problem with 'cis' is that it implies that someone is comfortable with the stereotypes associated with their sex. For example I am a woman but not feminine so I struggle with being called a cis-woman. I am also not a subset of woman, I am a woman, simple as that.

What is the difference between being a woman who identifies as agender and being a woman who doesn't identify with a gender identity?

agender = believes in gender identity but is too special to have one (?)

They are being ridiculous. Not sure it would be a workplace for me.

This.

Keep it unemotional and factual (and extremely polite) but put the questions back to them.

I'd phrase it as 'thank you for supporting the position that colleagues have agency over how they are defined.

In line with this, I am uncomfortable with the label cis. This is offensive to many people.

Can you explain more about how we manage these competing beliefs? The right to a gender critical view is enshrined in law through the Forstater ruling etc (provide links).

Point out that not wanting this label does not reflect a transphobic outlook.

Maybe this training course on agender people could help Chris?