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Sex matters in life and in law. It shouldn't take courage to say so. Press: [email protected]
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#TheLawIsTheLaw If you are looking for clear, simple guidance on how to provide single sex services with confidence here it is! https://t.co/FMOfsAHWLH
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On 16th April 2025 the Supreme Court concluded in relation to provisions enabling single-sex services that: “The plain intention of these provisions
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There are some extraordinary things in the Sandie Peggie judgment that ignore reality and women's rights and will surely not stand up to appeal. https://t.co/6gjAlPlTtT
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This case has taken so much from my mum, more than anyone will ever know. But she never stopped moving forward. Her strength means everything. Today is only a step, and there’s so much more to come for her. Love you mum🩷
NHS board harassed nurse who complained about trans doctor in female changing room https://t.co/RTt2UiDUBW
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Solicitor Margaret Gribbon reads out prepared statement for the media beside Sandie Peggie following her successful Employment Tribunal against Fife NHS in Edinburgh tonight. @sexmatters
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What a heroine Sandie Peggie is. She has been so brave to see this case through to this point, and more may be required. The judgment is indeed "problematic", as her solicitor Margaret Gribbon says. The degree of capture is actually quite frightening
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@daview96 @ScotExpress Nurse Sandie Peggie wins part of claim against NHS Fife – @sarah1990ward for PA Media in @Independent ⬇️ https://t.co/A0nx9Jikqk
independent.co.uk
A tribunal began in February after Ms Peggie lodged a claim against NHS Fife and transgender medic Dr Beth Upton.
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Sandie Peggie wins, but may appeal as ruling still suggests men can access female spaces such as toilets and changing rooms - @daview96 for @ScotExpress👇 https://t.co/n51x6SOeHU
scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
Charity Sex Matters - who supported Sandie Peggie during the tribunal - highlighted that the judge's decision not to cite the Supreme Court gender decision gives women no clarity about their legal...
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.@MForstater: “It is a travesty that a woman can be judged as having expressed herself in the wrong way when she objects to finding a man in the women’s changing room.” @stevenbrock for @BBCNews ⬇️ https://t.co/0LGYoePwlp
bbc.co.uk
A tribunal said NHS Fife harassed Sandie Peggie but dismissed other claims she made against the health board and a transgender doctor.
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“The case demonstrates that employers with ambiguous policies are putting themselves in legal jeopardy.” 🗣️@MForstater on the Sandie Peggie tribunal judgment. Article by @libby_brooks @guardian ⬇️ https://t.co/wumeeT4pvy
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Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim but tribunal dismisses allegations of discrimination and victimisation
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NHS harassed nurse who complained about trans colleague – @simon_telegraph for @Telegraph 🗣️@MForstater: “Overall, we are disappointed in the tribunal’s approach…” https://t.co/ayGo78iuYt
telegraph.co.uk
Sandie Peggie complained about sharing female-only changing room with biological man
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.@MForstater: “There are thousands of women like Sandie all over the country. The only way to break the pattern of harassment of women who object to men in women-only spaces is to have clear rules...” @justinbowie1997 for @thecourieruk👇 https://t.co/KzTYWu0IUf
thecourier.co.uk
The employment tribunal centred on a Christmas 2023 row between nurse Sandie Peggie and trans doctor Beth Upton and the aftermath of the confrontation.
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NHS nurse Sandie Peggie wins part of her trans row tribunal – Marc Horne for @Times 🗣️@MForstater: “Sandie’s bravery is an inspiration... it shouldn’t require bravery for women to say that male colleagues have no place in spaces that exist for women.” https://t.co/EBpjmBTcVi
thetimes.com
Peggie was harassed by Fife health board after complaining about sharing a female-only changing room with a biological man
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📰A big day of coverage of Sandie Peggie’s tribunal judgment, with much more to come… @joshpizpom for @heraldscotland on today’s judgment https://t.co/mGyNeQaIsj
heraldscotland.com
Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, had complained about sharing a changing room with Dr Beth Upton, a transgender woman.
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Sandie Peggie with her solicitor, Margaret Gribbon, at a press call in Edinburgh earlier this evening 💙 📷 @satiricole
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"The Supreme Court ruling in..For Women Scotland is clear; both inside & outside govt, we expect it to be followed and, where necessary, people to seek specialist legal advice to enable them to do that" Minister @Jacqui_Smith1 responds to peers' questions https://t.co/yPcDxTXTwX
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It is now urgent that the @H_S_E steps up and provides clear guidance to employers on workplace toilets and changing rooms. Employers cannot be expected to make complex human-rights determinations about whether particular men are allowed into women’s changing rooms, and then to
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This problem cannot be solved by leaving individual women to upend their lives, fundraise to take court cases and then endure cross-examination and public scrutiny – all simply to win back what was a right that was beyond question until recently, and which most people still
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There are thousands of women like Sandie all over the country. The only way to break the pattern of harassment of women who object to men in women-only spaces is to have clear rules and expect everyone to follow them.
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Sandie’s bravery is an inspiration, but it shouldn’t require bravery for women to be able to say to their employers, clearly and in natural language, that male colleagues – men, in other words – have no place in spaces that exist for the safety, dignity and privacy of women.
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Sandie Peggie has said: “I am beyond relieved and delighted that the Tribunal has found that my employer Fife Health Board harassed me after I complained about having to share a female only changing room with a male colleague".
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