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Nursing union ‘hounded out’ worker over trans research Lisa Mackenzie, a part-time policy officer for the Royal College of Nursing, was researching sex and gender identity Ian Marland Thursday June 24 2021, 12.01am BST, The Times A worker at a nursing union claims she was forced to quit her job after being “hounded” by bosses over her research into trans rights. Lisa Mackenzie was a part-time policy officer for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) when, in a separate role outside her work, she began research into sex and gender identity. Working with two other analysts, she looked into the implications of the Scottish government’s Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, which sought to include two new, voluntary questions in the 2021 census: one on sexual orientation and another on gender identity. They concluded that the concepts of “sex” and “gender identity” were conflated and that data gathered in the census would not be robust. The researchers prepared a draft paper on the  issues for t

  STONEWALL Stonewall equality list ‘bullies bosses and silences dissent’ Lucy Bannerman Saturday June 26 2021, 12.01am BST, The Times The Scottish government highlighted Nicola Sturgeon’s attendance at Pride events but could not secure a top 100 ranking SNS GROUP Stonewall has been accused of using a workplace equality scheme to “coerce” publicly-funded organisations and companies to lobby for changes to the law. Documents show how   the charity   seeks to control what NHS trusts, government departments and local councils say on their social media accounts, demanding public support for its controversial views on gender identity, in return for points on its Top 100 Employers index. The scheme is commonly thought of as a celebration of the fairest employers in the country and their efforts to eliminate discrimination in the workplace. However,   The Times  can disclose that the charity is using the index to force organisations to   lobby on its behalf , rewarding them with higher rankin

MELANIE PHILLIPS We need leaders to fight cultural groupthink The new social orthodoxies are governed by fear but the desire to resist them is growing Melanie Phillips Tuesday June 22 2021, 12.01am BST, The Times When the social injustice group Stop Funding Hate launched its campaign of intimidation against the fledgling TV station GB News, whose mission is to resist uniformity of thought, it got more than it had bargained for. As the group attempted to strangle the station at birth, a number of companies such as Ikea, Vodafone, Nivea and the Swedish cider company Kopparberg pulled their advertising. The station’s founder, Andrew Neil, then threatened to  turn the tables  by boycotting them, for which viewers cheered him on. Institutions are going down like ninepins in the face of this coerced cultural conformity. The Royal Academy of Arts has removed from its gift shop the work of artist  Jess de Wahls  after she was denounced for “transphobia”. Her crime was saying she couldn’t accep

MARTYN ZIEGLER | SPORT NOTEBOOK Testosterone blockers make little difference in transgender athletes, says report Martyn Ziegler Chief Sports Reporter Friday December 11 2020, 5.00pm GMT, The Times The male advantage over females is more pronounced in cricket, golf and tennis than in sports such as running or swimming, according to new research which also states that testosterone blockers taken by transgender women only minimally reduces that biological advantage. The latest paper addressing transgender sport, published in the journal  Sports Medicine , questions whether different sports’ rules requiring transgender women to take testosterone suppressants are effective or ethical given they appear to make little difference. Sports which require hitting or throwing have the greatest male advantage, says the research. A golf drive, cricket bowling, and weightlifting all see a 29-43 per cent advantage for males, with more than 50 per cent advantage for a baseball pitch or hockey “drag fli