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Trans doctor at centre of UK legal stoush registered as ‘female’ in NSW · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamia with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. A transgender doctor at the center of
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  Speaker 1: a costly legal battle in the UK has been registered
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  Speaker 1: as female by Australia's medical regulator. Doctor Beth Upton began
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  Speaker 1: transitioning from male to female in twenty twenty two and
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  Speaker 1: identifies as female. Their registration by the Australian Health Practitioner
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  Speaker 1: Regulation Agency or OPERA, means doctor Upten can treat patients
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  Speaker 1: under supervision at two New South Wales hospitals in Port
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  Speaker 1: Macquarie and Kempsey. According to arpra's guidelines, any individual whose
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  Speaker 1: quote biological sex is that of a female, or whose
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  Speaker 1: quote gender identity or gender expression is that of a female,
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  Speaker 1: may be registered as such. Scottish nurse Sandy Peggy, sued
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  Speaker 1: her employer, the UK's National Health Service, after she was
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  Speaker 1: suspended for refusing to share female changing rooms with doctor Upton,
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  Speaker 1: whose biologically male, at an NHS facility in Fife in Scotland.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty twenty three. A tribunal upheld the nurse's harassment
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  Speaker 1: claim but dismissed discrimination and victimization claims. She's appealing that
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  Speaker 1: ruling and may take the dispute, which has already cost
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  Speaker 1: UK taxpayers more than seven hundred and fifty thousand Australian dollars,
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  Speaker 1: to the UK's Supreme Court. No findings have been made
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  Speaker 1: against doctor Upton, who described the concept of gender as
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  Speaker 1: a quote nebulous dog whistle while under oath during the proceedings.
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  Speaker 1: The medic also said they intend to treat patients who
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  Speaker 1: specifically request a female doctor. APRA and the Mid North
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  Speaker 1: Coast Local Health District didn't respond to questions from The
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  Speaker 1: Australian about doctor Upton's registration, while a spokesperson for New
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  Speaker 1: South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park said his department can't
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