Popular Post Social Media Posted April 29 Popular Post Posted April 29 Young Doctors Slam Supreme Court's Definition of Woman as "Biologically Nonsensical" The British Medical Association’s resident doctors have strongly criticised a recent Supreme Court ruling that defines a woman strictly by biological sex, labelling the decision “scientifically illiterate” and “biologically nonsensical.” During a conference held on Saturday, the union’s resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, voted to condemn the judgment, arguing that the binary view of sex and gender “has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender-diverse people.” Representing around 50,000 young doctors, this branch of the British Medical Association (BMA) declared it “condemns scientifically illiterate rulings from the Supreme Court, made without consulting relevant experts and stakeholders, that will cause real-world harm to the trans, non-binary and intersex communities in this country.” The stance is expected to generate concern that some in the medical profession may resist implementing new NHS guidelines concerning transgender patients, which are being drafted following the Supreme Court decision. Last summer, the BMA similarly opposed the Cass Review into transgender healthcare for children and advocated lifting the ban on puberty blockers for minors. In response to the doctors' latest motion, the campaign group Sex Matters criticised the resident doctors, calling them an “embarrassment to their profession” and warning it is “terrifying” that individuals with years of medical training could claim there is “no basis” for biological sex. The motion, obtained by The Times, was passed during the BMA’s annual resident doctors' conference and reflects the position of the BMA’s junior division. However, it will not become official BMA-wide policy unless approved at the Annual Representative Meeting in June. Resident doctors recently rebranded from their previous title as junior doctors, and their committee is currently co-chaired by Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan. The Supreme Court had ruled unanimously two weeks ago that the definition of “woman” under equalities law is based on biological sex. This means transgender women will no longer be housed in women-only NHS wards, nor will NHS staff born male be allowed to use women’s changing rooms or toilets. The decision clarified previous high-profile disputes, such as the Darlington nurses' case and the controversy surrounding Dr Beth Upton, involving transgender NHS staff accessing female-only spaces. Reacting to the decision, the BMA’s resident doctors stated: “This meeting condemns the Supreme Court ruling defining the term ‘woman’ with respect to the Equality Act as being based on ‘biological sex’, which they refer to as a person who was at birth of the female sex, as reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary and biologically nonsensical. We recognise as doctors that sex and gender are complex and multifaceted aspects of the human condition and attempting to impose a rigid binary has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender diverse people.” The motion also affirmed the BMA’s commitment to “affirming the rights of transgender and non-binary individuals to live their lives with dignity, having their identity respected.” The BMA has faced internal strife over transgender policies before. Last year’s decision to reject the Cass Review led to hundreds of doctors resigning, alleging the union had been taken over by an ideologically driven “vocal minority.” Helen Joyce, advocacy director at Sex Matters, said: “It’s terrifying that a group of young doctors, all of whom have been through several years of advanced education and training in biology, have been indoctrinated by trans activism to such an extent that they claim categorisation by sex — male and female — is ‘reductive’ and has ‘no basis in science or medicine’. These junior doctors are an embarrassment to their profession. What next: young geographers claiming that the Earth is flat, or junior vets who think it’s bigoted to suggest that cats can’t identify as dogs?” Joyce pointed to practical consequences, such as the case involving nurse Sandie Peggie and Dr Beth Upton, where a male colleague accessed female facilities, to highlight what she termed the dangers of such beliefs. She added, “These junior doctors wildly misunderstand the role of the Supreme Court, which interprets the law rather than creating it or reflecting public opinion. They also seem to have missed the fact that no trans rights group such as Stonewall applied to intervene.” On Monday, Conservative minister Kemi Badenoch addressed concerns over facilities for transgender individuals following the ruling. She suggested that transgender people could use disabled toilets, remarking: “Almost all businesses I see have disabled loos. They are unisex, different from gender neutral. Trans people can use those. But if you are providing a single-sex space, it has to be a single-sex space.” A BMA spokesperson said: “Attendees at the BMA’s resident doctor conference voted to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on Saturday. However, BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM), with the next meeting coming in June. The BMA respects trans patients’ dignity, autonomy, and human rights and continues to believe that trans doctors, NHS workers and patients deserve dignity, safety and equitable access to healthcare and healthcare facilities.” Related Topics: Starmer U-turns on Gender Identity Following Supreme Court Ruling UK Supreme Court Rules ‘Woman’ Means Biological Female, in Landmark Decision Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Protests Wave of Threats and Backlash Amid Gender Rights Debate Adpated by ASEAN Now from The Times 2025-04-30 1 4 9
Popular Post KhunLA Posted April 29 Popular Post Posted April 29 Not sure I'd trust a doctor who thinks men can 'mentally' be women. Sexual preference, and attire, is a personal issue, but they will never be a woman. Thinking that are, now hat is 'biological nonsense'. Using 'biological' and trans in sane sense is total nonsense. Lopping off or adding fake body parts doesn't change you sex, only changes your appearance. 6 22 1 5 1 3
Popular Post Denim Posted April 29 Popular Post Posted April 29 ' All boundaries are conventions waiting to be transcended ' ?? So I guess the idiot holding that sign up would be OK with me murdering him to take his wallet. 1 1 4
Popular Post impulse Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 1 hour ago, Denim said: So I guess the idiot holding that sign up would be OK with me murdering him to take his wallet. That's fine, but you'll be in real trouble if you misgender them when you're doing it. 1 7
Popular Post JonnyF Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 2 hours ago, Social Media said: During a conference held on Saturday, the union’s resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, voted to condemn the judgment, arguing that the binary view of sex and gender “has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender-diverse people.” Sounds like they need to raise the score required to pass the MLA exams. 7 5 3 3 5
Popular Post mikeymike100 Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 Apparently its the young activists doctors in the BMA, not the majority! 1 2 2 4
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 The leftist radicals deny religion in favor of science being the arbiter of life, the universe, and everything. And then deny science when it doesn't agree with their ideology. Move along - nothing to see here. 5 1 3 1 2
Popular Post Eloquent pilgrim Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 The problem with being a Trans Woman, and claiming that Trans women are real women, is that the only singular prerequisite to being a Trans woman …. is being a man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 5 3 2 5
Popular Post seajae Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 what a joke, if these so called young doctors do not realize that female and males are totally different then they cannot be qualified doctors and I would never go to any of them. The anatomy of males & females is totally different, just claiming to be female does not make it so, this really shows how pathetic the UK has become if new doctors are unable to tell the difference between men & women, the woke left has taken the country by the balls and is destroying it. 1 4 4 3
Popular Post Hanaguma Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 2 hours ago, Tug said: Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 Attack the gays? Nothing to do with the issue. Most gay folks are very aware of and confident in their gender. Otherwise, how could they be, well...gay? A gay man is attracted to men. Probably not trans-men with either no willie or a strap on. Ditto, gay women are attracted to women. Probably not trans-women who still HAVE willies, or have had them lopped off. IMHO, the gay community is well fed up with being lumped in with the rest of the rainbow mafia. 6 5 3 7 3
Popular Post Eloquent pilgrim Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 3 hours ago, Tug said: Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 Utter nonsense, did you not read the article ? 2 3 1 1 5
Popular Post Briggsy Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 Stonewall have mounted a very successful campaign over the last few years (rather like the NRA in the US) in ensuring they have "allies" inside organisations and public bodies and quangos. Failure to support them or even simply being indifferent and they will attack you and attempt to have you removed from that position or board. You can be sure this statement which has come from the resident doctors (i.e. junior doctors) of the BMA will come from a committee which has been infiltrated by trans "allies". 2 2 1
Popular Post Briggsy Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 3 hours ago, Tug said: Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 That is the issue. By equating themselves with gays, trans are attempting to attain rights at the expense of, primarily, women, but also gay people. This was the smartest move by the trans strategists to equate their struggle to the discrimination against homosexuals. You seem to have fallen for it. It ultimately allows men to access women-only spaces. This is a repeat of the early 70's when paedophiles claimed they were "discriminated against" and they were the victims. Nowadays, women are the victims here not trans. Women who wish to get changed at work, who wish to use the toilet, who wish to compete in sport, who are locked up in prison should not be expected to see naked blokes who simply claim they are a woman. Also you have fallen for the resident doctors' statement. If you read the ruling by the Supreme Court, it stresses that the ruling is not a victory for one group over another. 1 3 1 1 3
Popular Post jippytum Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 The woke transgender cheats are fighting to retain special rights denied them by a sensible and popular court ruling welcomed by the majority of people worldwide who condem cheating in sport and everyday life. 6 1 1 2
Purdey Posted April 30 Posted April 30 I get that the Supreme Court says that if a person is born a man biologically then they are always men even if they cut of their family jewels. However, I have some sympathy for people with the feeling they "should" have been born women as that is a psychological issue that they and their families have to deal with. Let them think they are women. Let their mums and dads think they are women but disagree with them insisting on being biological women until the day they have all the biological parts that women have. N.B. There are women without a uterus or who can't give birth to children, but those aren't the only biological identifiers of the female of the species. 1 2
Popular Post Globalres Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: The problem with being a Trans Woman, and claiming that Trans women are real women, is that the only singular prerequisite to being a Trans woman …. is being a man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said: The problem with being a Trans Woman, and claiming that Trans women are real women, is that the only singular prerequisite to being a Trans woman …. is being a man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Very eloquent! 3
Popular Post Yagoda Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 5 hours ago, Tug said: Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 How is discussing biological reality an attack on gays 1 4 2
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 The union’s resident doctors have now collectively identified as Idiots, and I doubt that the Supreme Court will intervene with the doctors' definition of themselves. 2 2 2
Popular Post Photoguy21 Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 It shows you what trash under the guise of doctor the universities are turning out. If they don't know the difference between a man and a woman then they probably need to see a doctor 1 3 2
Popular Post Photoguy21 Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 1 minute ago, klauskunkel said: The union’s resident doctors have now collectively identified as Idiots, and I doubt that the Supreme Court will intervene with the doctors' definition of themselves. Take that back. It is unfair on idiots to classify doctors in the same group. 1 1 1
GammaGlobulin Posted April 30 Posted April 30 8 hours ago, KhunLA said: Not sure I'd trust a doctor who thinks men can 'mentally' be women. Yet, one must admit.... Stranger things have happened in Hollywood.... 1
StandardIssue Posted April 30 Posted April 30 5 hours ago, Gsxrnz said: The leftist radicals deny religion in favor of science being the arbiter of life, the universe, and everything. And then deny science when it doesn't agree with their ideology. Move along - nothing to see here. Left-wing democratic principles parallel spirituality and the simple teachings of Christianity much more so than right-wing doctrine. Love they neighbor as thy self, for instance. Live and Let Live. Judge not lest ye be judged. Right wing folks would rather walk over homeless people and throw them in jail than to help them for example. Left wing folks mostly want to help those less fortunate. Show's how mixed up the right wing conservative parties morals and ideologies are. 1 1 2
Popular Post AgMech Cowboy Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 8 hours ago, KhunLA said: Not sure I'd trust a doctor who thinks men can 'mentally' be women. Sexual preference, and attire, is a personal issue, but they will never be a woman. Thinking that are, now hat is 'biological nonsense'. Using 'biological' and trans in sane sense is total nonsense. Lopping off or adding fake body parts doesn't change you sex, only changes your appearance. Well said, @KhunLA. The doctors of today are eat up with the nonsense and rather than approach gender dysphoria as mental illness they now jump at the chance to make them lifetime medical patients tending to their augmentations along with the pills to maintain their identity hormones, etc. They'll be pill poppers for life. They should be treating their mental problem, which is what dysphoria is, not affirming their illusion of being in the wrong body. 2 1
Dionigi Posted April 30 Posted April 30 Most doctors are not scientists. Doctors are not the ones who test drugs scientists are who then inform doctors. Too many doctors listen to untested theories, that is why we have homeopathy, holistic medicine and herbalism touted by doctors. The sooner Ai replaces them the better. 3
AgMech Cowboy Posted April 30 Posted April 30 9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said: Yet, one must admit.... Stranger things have happened in Hollywood.... I hadn't thought about this, but this movie may have been a major catalyst for all this bull dung.
KhunLA Posted April 30 Posted April 30 2 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said: Well said, @KhunLA. The doctors of today are eat up the nonsense and rather than approach gender dysphoria as mental illness they now jump at the chance to make them lifetime medical patients tending to their augmentations along with the pills to maintain their identity hormones, etc. They'll be pill poppers for life. They should be treating their mental problem, which is what dysphoria is, not affirming their illusion of being in the wrong body. Agree, life long visits and meds, instead of a couple days talking to a shrink, and realizing, they are not a women, and just gay, bi, and or cross-dresser. Cured 1 1
Popular Post BritManToo Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 If a doctor can't tell a man from a woman they're probably not fit to practice. I'd strike a few off, and see how it goes from there ........... 1 1 1
Popular Post BritManToo Posted April 30 Popular Post Posted April 30 6 hours ago, Tug said: Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 Gays don't identify as women. They are men that want sex with other men. 1 1 1
MalcolmB Posted April 30 Posted April 30 6 hours ago, Tug said: Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 It fires up outrage with all the simpletons. Every time. Predictable 1 1
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