Look out for the mafia with rainbow lanyards
Bumba was testifying at Sandie Peggie's employment tribunal, and I must first explain Peggie before I get to Bumba.
In December 2023, Peggie, an NHS nurse with more than 30 years of unblemished service, went into the women's changing room of Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy because she'd had a heavy period and bled through her scrubs. There, she was surprised to encounter a 6ft-tall 27-year-old male undressing in front of her. This male is now known as Dr Beth Upton, and he had started identifying as a woman only the year before.
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