Dr Beth Upton told an employment tribunal that nurse Sandie Peggie made “hurtful and demeaning” comments.
A trans doctor felt “unsafe” following a nurse's “hurtful and demeaning” remarks in the women’s changing room they were both using at work, an employment tribunal has heard.
That came after Ms Peggie was suspended in January 2024 following Dr Upton's allegation of bullying and harassment. Dr Upton, 29, began working in the hospital’s A&E department in August 2023. A third incident took place on Christmas Eve 2023, Dr Upton told the tribunal, where Ms Peggie started a conversation when they were alone in the changing room.
“I responded to her that I’m not a man and that I can be in this changing room.” The doctor said Ms Peggie asked what her chromosomes were and said it was “like the situation in prisons”. Dr Upton felt “anxious and nervous” after incident on Christmas Eve and worried about running into Ms Peggie.
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