An NHS hospital is being sued after it hauled a popular nurse over the coals for calling a 6ft transgender paedophile "Mr" when discussing a catheter with a doctor – despite him lunging at her and calling her a "n****".
A nurse can refer to a transgender doctor she claims she was forced to get changed in front of at work as a man in a legal victory.
Labour has "no plans" to make it a hate crime to 'misgender' trans people, a Home Office Minister has said, rowing back on previous comments made by Keir Starmer that "every" LGBT crime should be an aggravated offence.
Police Scotland "can’t cope" with the deluge of hate crime reports made under the SNP's new law, while officers are confused about who should be charged because of inadequate training, frontline officers have warned.
J.K. Rowling has been reported to the police by India Willoughby over accusations the author allegedly "misgendered" the broadcaster, with Willoughby claiming the writer broke the law.
The nursing and midwifery council has banned 'misgendering' in its first 'free speech' guidance for practitioners. While broadly backing free speech on political issues, it draws a line at anything said to individuals.
Children in the UK are reportedly facing confusion and potential consequences for 'accidentally misgendering' others as a result of frequent gender identity questioning by their teachers.
J.K. Rowling has said she would happily do a spell in jail if a future Labour Government makes it a hate crime to deliberately call someone by the 'wrong' (i.e., biologically correct) pronouns.
U.K. schools are opting for gender-neutral uniform options, replacing traditional 'boys' and 'girls' uniforms with 'Uniform A' and 'Uniform B'.
NHS 999 operators have started asking callers for their preferred pronouns in an effort to be 'more inclusive'. Critics are calling the move 'ludicrous' and unrealistic during emergencies.
