Hundreds of nurses have called on their regulatory body to withdraw from a diversity scheme run by Stonewall, warning that affiliation with the charity risks harming the reputation of the profession.
Some 460 nurses have written to the Nursing and Midwifery Council demanding that it pulls out of the paid-for scheme, which aims to make workplaces more inclusive for LGBT people.
The charity has been mired in controversy over its gender identity views. It has said people should be able to access single-sex hospital wards based on the gender they identify as.
Several organisations, including the BBC and the Department of Health, have recently withdrawn from the diversity programme over concerns about Stonewall’s position on gender.
The nurses said that they did not support Stonewall’s stance over the medication of children who present with gender dysphoria and its view that patients should be able to access single-sex wards based on their gender identity.
They also highlighted the charity’s behaviour towards those who speak out on gender ideology or challenge its influence, saying that it was vitally important for nurses to speak out for the rights and needs of women patients.
One of the signatories wrote: “I support the needs of trans people — but not to the eradication of women and women’s rights.” Another wrote that they felt unable to protect female patients over fear of being seen as discriminating: “I feel I am unable to protect my female/women patients, and advocate for them without fear of recrimination.”
Eighty-eight per cent of nurses and 99 per cent of midwives are female.
Organised by the campaign group Woman’s Place UK, the letter to the Nursing and Midwifery Council read: “The history of Stonewall to promote equality and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community is one to celebrate.
“However, nursing affiliations must be based on evidence not ideology and judged on current record and strategy, not legacy achievements and reputation.
“We believe that as a profession, there is specific risk to the reputation of nurses and our ability to work within our code from the NMC’s affiliation with Stonewall.”
Andrea Sutcliffe, the NMC’s chief executive, said it knew of the letter and would respond in due course. “We’re aware of Woman’s Place UK’s letter, although it hasn’t been sent to us directly yet,’ she said.
A Stonewall spokesperson said: “This petition is littered with inaccuracies and misinformation. It is disgraceful that these groups continue to misrepresent our diversity champions programme, which simply provides support to organisations to build inclusive workplace environments.
“Ultimately, it is lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people who are harmed by these kinds of baseless attacks.”
Is it just me or is everyone hating on stonewall now? What’s happened?
“Organised by the campaign group Woman’s Place UK”
A bunch of TERFs then, great.
>Eighty-eight per cent of nurses and 99 per cent of midwives are female.
>…460 nurses have written to the Nursing and Midwifery Council demanding that it pulls out…
So what percentage of nurses is that?
299,184 nurses in England. 0.15% and theres no indication that this is limited to english nurses.
Anybody remember how many nurses complained about the rainbow ribbon thing? I’m curious as to how much overlap there might be.
Says the times, who’ve been screaming about Stonewall for ages. What manufactured outrage bollocks.
I mean that’s just a bunch of terfs, just look at the adult human female shirt, and the suffragette colours that the gender criticals have appropriated for their hate movement. It’s just a bunch of divorced middle aged social conservatives who are upset that they can’t attacks lgb people anymore, so now they’re attacking trans people. They’re pathetic.
Edit: And I’m sick of it. It’s so fucking tiring to have these constant attacks. I’m a human being, I just want exactly what you want and healthcare that doesn’t take 7 years for a first appointment. Why can’t you just leave us alone. You don’t want to call me a woman? Fine, be a dick. But why do you have to campaign against my rights and my healthcare. What the fuck have we ever done to you besides exist? These constant attacks are literally killing us. Do you know how hard it is to wake up everyday and see people hating you in every national newspaper? And that nobody has your back. Terfs pretend to be victims of some grand trans conspiracy to destroy women. We’re the fucking victims. We’re the ones killing ourselves because of the constant fucking attacks. This stuff gets to you after a while. And we’ve done nothing wrong, we just exist. I am so scared of coming out, I’m crying writing this just thinking about it. I’m terrified of doing what cis people have the privilege of doing without consequence, just being myself. Hiding in the closet is wrecking me, but I’m so scared of coming out of it. What ever we did I’m fucking sorry. But I really don’t know what that is.
Such nonsense. How can anyone oppose making spaces more inclusive and welcoming?
Nurses should be helping LGBT people especially trans ones, get help, not make it harder for patients and staff based on their dna.
Honestly if you think trans rights somehow erase women’s rights you need to give your head a wobble. Absolutely embarrassing
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Hundreds of nurses have called on their regulatory body to withdraw from a diversity scheme run by Stonewall, warning that affiliation with the charity risks harming the reputation of the profession.
Some 460 nurses have written to the Nursing and Midwifery Council demanding that it pulls out of the paid-for scheme, which aims to make workplaces more inclusive for LGBT people.
The charity has been mired in controversy over its gender identity views. It has said people should be able to access single-sex hospital wards based on the gender they identify as.
Several organisations, including the BBC and the Department of Health, have recently withdrawn from the diversity programme over concerns about Stonewall’s position on gender.
The nurses said that they did not support Stonewall’s stance over the medication of children who present with gender dysphoria and its view that patients should be able to access single-sex wards based on their gender identity.
They also highlighted the charity’s behaviour towards those who speak out on gender ideology or challenge its influence, saying that it was vitally important for nurses to speak out for the rights and needs of women patients.
One of the signatories wrote: “I support the needs of trans people — but not to the eradication of women and women’s rights.” Another wrote that they felt unable to protect female patients over fear of being seen as discriminating: “I feel I am unable to protect my female/women patients, and advocate for them without fear of recrimination.”
Eighty-eight per cent of nurses and 99 per cent of midwives are female.
Organised by the campaign group Woman’s Place UK, the letter to the Nursing and Midwifery Council read: “The history of Stonewall to promote equality and safeguard the rights of the LGBT community is one to celebrate.
“However, nursing affiliations must be based on evidence not ideology and judged on current record and strategy, not legacy achievements and reputation.
“We believe that as a profession, there is specific risk to the reputation of nurses and our ability to work within our code from the NMC’s affiliation with Stonewall.”
Andrea Sutcliffe, the NMC’s chief executive, said it knew of the letter and would respond in due course. “We’re aware of Woman’s Place UK’s letter, although it hasn’t been sent to us directly yet,’ she said.
A Stonewall spokesperson said: “This petition is littered with inaccuracies and misinformation. It is disgraceful that these groups continue to misrepresent our diversity champions programme, which simply provides support to organisations to build inclusive workplace environments.
“Ultimately, it is lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people who are harmed by these kinds of baseless attacks.”
Is it just me or is everyone hating on stonewall now? What’s happened?
“Organised by the campaign group Woman’s Place UK”
A bunch of TERFs then, great.
>Eighty-eight per cent of nurses and 99 per cent of midwives are female.
>…460 nurses have written to the Nursing and Midwifery Council demanding that it pulls out…
So what percentage of nurses is that?
299,184 nurses in England. 0.15% and theres no indication that this is limited to english nurses.
Anybody remember how many nurses complained about the rainbow ribbon thing? I’m curious as to how much overlap there might be.
Says the times, who’ve been screaming about Stonewall for ages. What manufactured outrage bollocks.
I mean that’s just a bunch of terfs, just look at the adult human female shirt, and the suffragette colours that the gender criticals have appropriated for their hate movement. It’s just a bunch of divorced middle aged social conservatives who are upset that they can’t attacks lgb people anymore, so now they’re attacking trans people. They’re pathetic.
Edit: And I’m sick of it. It’s so fucking tiring to have these constant attacks. I’m a human being, I just want exactly what you want and healthcare that doesn’t take 7 years for a first appointment. Why can’t you just leave us alone. You don’t want to call me a woman? Fine, be a dick. But why do you have to campaign against my rights and my healthcare. What the fuck have we ever done to you besides exist? These constant attacks are literally killing us. Do you know how hard it is to wake up everyday and see people hating you in every national newspaper? And that nobody has your back. Terfs pretend to be victims of some grand trans conspiracy to destroy women. We’re the fucking victims. We’re the ones killing ourselves because of the constant fucking attacks. This stuff gets to you after a while. And we’ve done nothing wrong, we just exist. I am so scared of coming out, I’m crying writing this just thinking about it. I’m terrified of doing what cis people have the privilege of doing without consequence, just being myself. Hiding in the closet is wrecking me, but I’m so scared of coming out of it. What ever we did I’m fucking sorry. But I really don’t know what that is.
Such nonsense. How can anyone oppose making spaces more inclusive and welcoming?
Nurses should be helping LGBT people especially trans ones, get help, not make it harder for patients and staff based on their dna.
Honestly if you think trans rights somehow erase women’s rights you need to give your head a wobble. Absolutely embarrassing