B.C. nurse disciplined over ‘discriminatory and derogatory’ transgender comments

A disciplinary panel of the B.C. Faculty of Nurses and Midwives says a nurse dedicated unprofessional conduct for making “discriminatory and derogatory statements” about transgender folks.

The panel’s determination launched Thursday says Amy Hamm’s statements made throughout “numerous on-line platforms” between July 2018 and March 2021 have been partly designed “to elicit concern, contempt and outrage in opposition to members of the transgender group.”

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The choice says Hamm publicly recognized herself as a nurse or nurse educator whereas making statements that have been principally “untruthful and unfair,” difficult the “existence of transgender ladies” and advocating for much less “constitutional safety” for them.

The panel discovered Hamm’s statements have been focused towards “susceptible and marginalized” folks and her feedback might deter transgender folks from accessing the well being care system.

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The choice says the statements included a web-based article figuring out Hamm as a nurse educator the place she claimed that transgender activists needed to “infiltrate or destroy” areas designed for ladies solely.

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A listening to nonetheless must be set to find out the penalty for Hamm, and the choice says Hamm can enchantment the ruling in B.C. Supreme Courtroom.

“By figuring out herself as a nurse or nurse educator whereas posting discriminatory and/or derogatory opinions concerning a susceptible and traditionally deprived group on numerous on-line platforms, (Hamm) undermined the repute and integrity of the nursing occupation,” the choice says.

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“The respondent is free to disseminate her views to the general public with out figuring out herself as a nurse or nurse educator or her affiliation with the faculty.”

In a put up on social media, Hamm mentioned “the combat isn’t over. I’ll at all times combat without spending a dime speech and ladies’s sex-based rights.”