Ambulance service allows trans workers to defy Supreme Court ruling

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An ambulance service is allowing transgender staff to use single-sex lavatories in defiance of last year’s Supreme Court ruling.

Staff at South East Coast Ambulance Service can use facilities that match their gender identity rather than their biological sex.

A 22-page policy, issued by the trust in September – five months after the April ruling – states that transgender employees “can use the facilities congruent to their gender identity”.

“My organisation claims to be inclusive, yet it is so quick to dismiss the rights of women,” she said. “I am proud of the work I do and provide dignified care to patients every single day, yet I am denied that same basic dignity in my own workplace. When I have attempted to raise concerns, I have been totally unsupported and it makes me feel unsafe.”

She said the Trust had a growing number of employees who identified as transgender or non-binary, and staff were expected to affirm their gender identities regardless of their own beliefs.

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Matter of time before they find themselves at a tribunal innit?

Disgraceful

I find myself wondering what it is that would attract transitioners to the ambulance service. Wasn’t Fred (no more wine) working in that line at one point? Can you imagine him arriving to help in an emergency?

Anyone who is too paranoid or to use the appropriate sex-based facilities and anyone inconsiderate enough to enter the facility where they don’t belong is extremely unlikely to be suited to a job dealing with highly distressed members of the public.

As for the policy, I am truly sick of all these law breaking public service groups that will undoubtedly expect the taxpayer to pay if they are taken to court. I hope those responsible get sacked because the law is now very clear and going against it should be considered gross misconduct.

This is appalling.

Utterly chilling.

TBH if they’re coming out to save my life I don’t really care where they have a piddle …..

I know, its just so unacceptable. Copying the words from the women concerned, that echo what so many other women have said about their workplace, and this reality for women is just ignored, in favour of what is by any measurement a tiny minority.

Women know your place.

This is about the women coming out to save your life not being respected.

The least you can do is respect them.

I care about the women on staff not getting used as props by role playing men

crewing an ambulance is hard enough. The last thing you need is some bloke in the women’s showers and your manager telling you you’re the problem if you object

I read an online article yesterday but dont seem to have saved the link.

But wherever it was the bosses had decided that TW were entitled to use the Women's Toilets. And they said the women who didn't want to share with TW should just use the other facilities - I suppose they meant the disabled toilet.

Which could mean say if a smallish firm 20 women queuing to use the Disabled Toilet leaving one TW sole se of the women's toilet.

How can they do this after the Darlington nurses?

Aww, thinking about the men again 🥰

That is a very good question. Also after NHS Fife court case.

Just like the question of what does ambulance services’ policies say about sending male people to transport patients where female people have requested female ambulance assistance only.

Spectacularly missing the point.

In other words 'As long as they come out and save my life, I don't give a damn what conditions the women who save my life are subjected to, and what rights they are denied'
Sounds very like 'I'm all right Jackie'.

I don’t think that’s what they said ….

It’s not what they said, but it’s what the sentence translates to for the female staff (who may also be saving lives) subject to bosses ignoring the law

Thank you - yes, that was my point: the ambulance workers who 'come out and save my life' are human beings who deserve a proper work environment which complies with the law and workplace regulations.

If I was actually in the throes of having my life saved by them, I agree that I wouldn't be bothered about 'where they have a piddle' at that moment, but otherwise, yes I am bothered by women being denied their rights in the workplace.

You don't care whether female ambulance staff have single sex facilities? Even though their employer is legally obliged to provide them? Interesting point of view.

Do you think it would be helpful to the female paramedics for everyone who reads this thread to email the Trust saying that s/he thinks the Trust should obey the law, and give detaild about eg the 'Darlington nurses' case?

It's outrageous that even after the law stated that you use the toilet of your actual sex, these twats still have to push it don't they. The female paramedics need to band together and complain about this because they are breaking the law and should be pulled up on that fact. So sick of women being treated like second class citizens because some fucking man with a fetish/delusion is pandered to so as not to hurt his ickle feelings 😡

At the moment they are bluffing. Someone would need to call it, then I think they might cave before going to court.

I think that whicher person/s is/are responsible needs to be disciplined. They cannot fail to have noticed the Supreme Court Judgement, Sandie Peggie and the Darlington Nurses cases. How dare they do this?

It's a deliberate and willful breach of the law. If, as they ought to be, are punished meaningfully, surely it'll put others off?

I think eventually the message is going to sink in. But it will take more court cases.

I guess this is the service for Brighton and surroundings, so I can imagine the need to virtue signal to the “community” is more pressing.