A disciplinary panel of the Faculty of Nurses and woods of BC says that a nurse committed non -professional behavior for making “discriminatory and derogatory statements” about transgender people.
The panel decision published Thursday says that Amy Hamm’s statements made in “several online platforms” between July 2018 and March 2021 were partly designed “to obtain fear, contempt and indignation against members of the transgender community.”
The decision says that Hamm was publicly identified as a nurse or nursing educator while making statements that were mostly “false and unfair”, challenging the “existence of transgender women” and advocating less “constitutional protection” for them.
The panel found that Hamm’s statements were aimed at “vulnerable and marginalized” people and their comments can deter transgender people from accessing the medical care system.
The decision says that the statements included an online article that identifies HAMM as a nursing educator where she said that transgender activists wanted to “infiltrate or destroy” spaces designed only for women.
A hearing must still be established to determine Hamm’s penalty, and the decision says that HAMM can appeal the ruling in the BC Supreme Court.
“By identifying as a nurse or nursing educator while publishing discriminatory and/or derogatory opinions regarding a vulnerable and historically disadvantaged group on several online platforms, [Hamm] He undermined the reputation and integrity of the nursing profession, “says the decision.
“The respondent is free to spread their points of view to the public without identifying as a nurse or nursing educator or its affiliation with the university.”
“The fight is not over,” says Hamm
On the social media platform X, Hamm said, in part: “The fight is not over. I will always fight for freedom of expression and sexual rights of women.”
He received support statements from several followers, including author JK Rowling. Hamm helped pay a billboard in Vancouver that supports Rowling after sharing his views on online gender identity, which leads to the violent reaction.
Throughout the audience, HAMM testified that his defense was destined to protect women and children in spaces segregated by sex.
“I am not transbian. I have no problem with trans people, it is the violation of women and children’s rights,” Hamm told the University’s disciplinary panel.
She said that she completely rejects the concept of gender identity, describing it as “anti-scientific metaphysical nonsense”, and in social networks publications it has referred to transgender women as men.
However, Hamm told the panel that he always uses people’s favorite pronouns at work, because that is the policy of his employer.
“Whether or I don’t agree with certain policies, I limit my defense to change policies outside of work,” he said.
In time since the audience began, Hamm has written several columns for a variety of media on multiple issues, including politics, crime and sex and gender. He was also a speaker at the recent annual general meeting of the BC Conservative Party.
