1 day Ago By Amy Hamm
Article content Two weeks after a panel for the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) ruled that I was guilty of unprofessional conduct , for sharing my views on sex and gender ideology, Vancouver Coastal Health authority (VCH) fired me from my job as a registered nurse of 13 years.
I was given zero severance pay. I have never once had a patient complaint. Echoing the language of the BCCNM ruling, my former employer accused me of “erasing” and “denying” the existence of transgender identified persons — including via my writings for National Post.
The decision to fire me was bolstered by the BCCNM ruling, which I will be appealing, with the assistance of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, at the B.C. Supreme Court.
Also like the BCCNM, Vancouver Coastal Health has completely lost touch with reality — biological and otherwise. In their confidential “investigation report,” they used scare quotes to insinuate that I was sharing incorrect “facts” such as: only women give birth, and women do not have penises. Sharing such “facts,” they wrote, “den(ies) the reality of trans people without surgical interference.
” That I’ve raised awareness of and criticized the predatory males, who’ve taken advantage of Canada’s flawed and unsafe self-identification policies was, predictably, misrepresented by VCH, as my suggesting that all transgender persons are dangerous. Something I have not, and never would, say. In 2024, colleagues created a public campaign to get me fired over my political views — which I only ever expressed outside of work — and shared my exact work location.
Following this, there was a police investigation after someone threatened to find me at Richmond Hospital and beat me to a pulp with a baseball bat; I also discovered a colleague I previously supervised going on social media to “like” threats of death and violence made against me. Despite all of this, VCH accused me of workplace harassment for having the audacity to publicly state that I would one day expose the parties who’ve subjected me to years of lawfare, cancellation attempts, harassment, and abuse. It gets worse: My director placed me on a paid suspension in May of 2024 after repeat visits to human resources and the “respectful workplace” department, where I had to answer for such crimes as sharing the X posts of Jordan Peterson , and having had Jordan Peterson share some of mine.
One of three anonymous complaints that resulted in an earlier, shorter suspension partly read: “I know that (Amy) has influence in right wing circles and with people who target people online and in person.” The health authority hired an external lawyer to investigate the mounting number of complaints being filed against me — likely as a result of my colleagues encouraging the public to file them. They promised an unbiased investigation.
On his firm’s website: an essay expresses disappointment that vexatious complainant Jessica Yaniv was unsuccessful in forcing esthetician women to wax his testicles against their will, with Yaniv’s 2019 human rights tribunal complaints. “Ms. Yaniv’s case illustrates that having a valid claim is not enough to guarantee a human rights victory,” reads the essay.
In numerous meetings with this lawyer, during which my union representative was told she was not allowed to utter a single word, I was — I felt — harangued repeatedly about how I should know, merely by looking at someone, whether or not they are transgender. I’d like to be clear: I am not seeking pity but, rather, to reveal the institutional abuse of those who advocate for women’s sex-based protections in Canada. This abuse occurs behind closed doors and under gag orders.
The final demand VCH made of me: complete confidentiality. An absurd demand proving that, despite all of their expensive and lawyerly investigations, they really didn’t get to know me at all. I have filed a human rights complaint for discrimination on the basis of political belief against the BCCNM.
Vancouver Coastal Health can expect me to do the same. The B.C.
Nurses’ Union is tasked with grieving my dismissal, and I will see to it that the organization advocates for me to the best of their ability. My public shaming has been ineffective because I value the truth more than my reputation. I will continue to speak it, in the company of other brave and sane Canadians who can plainly see that a man is a man—and that to pretend otherwise is a misogynist lie.
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