BC Nurse Challenges Disciplinary Findings Over Gender Comments in Court
A former British Columbia nurse is challenging disciplinary findings related to her public comments about sex and gender, arguing that professional regulators should not have the power to decide which position in a public debate is acceptable. Amy Hamm’s appeal began Nov. 10 in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Her lawyer, Lisa Bildy, argued that the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives erred in finding that four of Hamm’s online publications were discriminatory or derogatory toward transgender people. The appeal raised questions about the authority of professional regulators to discipline members for comments made outside the workplace, particularly when those comments concern contentious social and political issues....
TL;DR
- A former BC nurse is challenging disciplinary findings over her public comments on sex and gender.
- The nurse argues that professional regulators should not dictate acceptable positions in public debates.
- Her appeal questions the authority of regulators to discipline members for comments made outside the workplace on contentious social and political issues.
- The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives had previously found four of her online publications to be discriminatory or derogatory toward transgender people.