From this article on 50% growth in demand for transgender awareness training: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-49969909
'University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust recently ran the course and said it had been "instrumental in developing a deeper insight" into supporting trans patients and members of staff.'
This worries me. What are they advising re single sex wards and requests for same sex HCPs?
I'm also disturbed by the chirpy talk of hate crime as part of a growth business model - as if there's a promising new market.
Why aren't hospitals, police and other public services reaching out to orgs who could provide training on violence against women? There's not a day goes by without a horrific headline.
The Diversity Trust director, interviewed in the BBC piece, and the trust overall have form:
From this article (share token expired): www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-used-violent-transgender-activist-for-equality-training-x0mktgclw
'Transgender activists with a record of using insulting language or even violence against women have been used for police training in equality and diversity.
Feminists say the use of “ideologues” for police awareness courses may help explain cases of officers dealing harshly with opponents of the transgender cause.'
'Cheryl Morgan, a trans activist from Bristol, described women who disagree with trans ideology as an “infestation” and referred to them by the insulting epithet “terf”. However, she was used by Avon and Somerset police to run “equality training”, including with cadets.
Last year, Avon and Somerset officers did not intervene when masked trans activists picketed a feminist meeting in Bristol, stopping women entering.'
From this article: medium.com/@elsaegret/meet-the-people-training-uk-police-on-trans-issues-191e46b18246
'Another West Country fan of hate speech against women is local radio DJ Cheryl Morgan, who trains Avon and Somerset Police. Morgan characterised women who disagree with transgender ideology as ‘an infestation’. In 2015 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein denounced radio DJ Katie Hopkins for using similar dehumanising language. Morgan works jointly with Avon and Somerset Police and SARI, an anti-hate crime organisation. Do they both endorse this language? Avon and Somerset Police allowed masked and intimidating misogynist protestors to physically block attendees at a meeting held by We Need To Talk in Bristol — in striking contrast to the swift actions of their City of London colleagues when removing Dr Julia Long from a corporate event.
Morgan is the director of the Diversity Trust, which provides ‘ equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility training and consultancy.’ Diversity Trust associate Aaron Barnes (30 years old) writes about attending a session for trans teenagers: ‘ I have been “Dad” to countless young trans people; I have provided or assisted access to first [breast] binders, packers [plastic prosthetic penises for girls to put in their underwear — available for age 4 and up], picking up and taking first hormone injections, writing coming out speeches to parents and schools, I have had young people on the brink of ending their lives sit in my kitchen and drink cups of tea and hold on for just a couple more minutes until they could walk out and get themselves home safely. I know what it’s like to be looked up to.’'