New Health Proposal Bans Men From Women’s Dressing Rooms After Nurses Are Accused of Needing to Be ‘Re-Educated’ on Gender

A group of nurses have drafted guidance for the National Health Service that would prevent men who believe they are women from entering women’s dressing rooms.

The policy guidance was requested by the health secretary for the United Kingdom, Wes Streeting.

The nurses said they were forced to share a dressing room with a male staff member who allegedly identifies as a woman. When the nurses raised concerns to their human resources department, the women were told they needed to be “re-educated” on the topic, they alleged.

The group of women have since taken their employers to a tribunal over sexual discrimination and sexual harassment.

Calling the proposed changes “common sense,” the nurses assert there should be no “hierarchy” in regard to equality laws, and therefore the rights of men who believe they are women should not be prioritized over actual women. (Read more from “New Health Proposal Bans Men From Women’s Dressing Rooms After Nurses Are Accused of Needing to Be ‘Re-Educated’ on Gender” HERE)

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