A nurse, women’s rights activist, and single mother of two is entering the final stages of her gruelling disciplinary hearing before the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
The final stages of a disciplinary trial for BC Nurse & sex-based rights activist Amy Hamm (@preta_6) has officially begun.
Hamm, is accused of transphobia for her advocacy and biology sound comments such as there are only 2 genders.
Follow my summary of arguments in thread👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/IMImydqytn
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
Defence attorneys Lisa Bildy and Karen Bastow, who have been hired by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) to defend Hamm at no cost to her, will be presenting their closing arguments on behalf of Hamm to three hearing panellists.
Self-proclaimed “old white cisgender queer” lawyer Barbara Findlay and Michel Seaborn, counsel for the BCCNM, are expected to present their closing arguments on Tuesday.
“I feel a bit silly for making some emotional/angry posts lately,” Hamm wrote this past weekend on X (formerly Twitter) in anticipation of Monday’s hearing. “Just under a lot of stress, pressure, and uncertainty. I’ve got this. We’ve got this! Let’s go!”
Hamm’s troubles with her licensing body began back in 2020, after a couple of anonymous complaints were lodged against her for her role in an “I ❤️️ J.K. Rowling” billboard message that was raised in Vancouver as a symbol of solidarity with the famous author’s position on gender ideology.
After combing through hundreds of Hamm’s social media comments, which included biologically sound statements such as “there are only 2 genders” and calls for biological males to be removed from women’s prisons and sports, the BCCNM rescinded its original charge of “medically inaccurate information” against Hamm and in turn charging Hamm with making “discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people” between July 2018 and March 2021.
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3) Counsel for the college Michael Seaborn gives opening statements to remind panel what the hearing is about.
Says the panel is being asked to decide whether Hamm published off duty statements that discriminate against trans gender people while identifying as a nurse. pic.twitter.com/Lv9vB2KkgW
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
5) Findlay’s imaginary story begins with a person who identifies as trans and is travelling to Ottawa and getting misgendered along the way.
The end up having to use a bathroom for disabled people.
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
7) … is to imagine how it feels.
What it feels like if someone misgenders you, what it feels like if someone treats you as a threat or as a fraud or as a freak.
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
9) Says Hamm made discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people.
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
11) Findlay tells the panel that their decision will either determine “support the ability of trans and non binary people to interact with and have confidence in the support of the nursing profession and more broadly, the health sector. Or, it will sanction the right of nurses…
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
13) Findlay reads some of Hamm’s testimony and claims they speak to her belief surrounding trans peoples existence:
In her evidence, she says the base claim of gender identity is this notion that humans have within them in their brain “a gender soul or a gender identity and as…
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
15) Findlay continues reading from Hamm’s testimony:
Hamm: I believe everyone has a biological sex and they have a personality and that males and females you know, there are stereotypes associated with males and females when it comes to their interest and behavior…
— Drea Humphrey – Prepping and Politics (@DreaHumphrey) March 18, 2024
