Sandie Peggie is standing up to gender ideology. Christians must do the same

Christians in the US have applauded Donald Trump for reversing state support for gender ideology. But in the UK, a nurse is in court after being dismissed for objecting to sharing a changing room with doctor who was born male. Miriam Cates urges Christians to stand firm in the truth and reject fear-driven silence 

Across the English speaking world, the gender agenda is back in the news. But the trajectory of the debate in America couldn’t be more different to here in Britain. In the US, newly re-elected President Donald Trump has brought gasps of relief — or horror, depending on your viewpoint — by declaring that there are only two sexes and putting an end to state complicity in gender ideology. No more will American children be mutilated by ‘gender reassignment’ surgery. No longer will those born male be allowed to compete in female sports teams. Federal employees have been ordered to remove preferred pronouns from their email signatures.

The cost of confusion

On this side of the Atlantic however, the British public sector is still deep in the weeds of gender ideology. In a frankly extraordinary employment tribunal taking place in Scotland this week, a 50-year-old female nurse is challenging her dismissal from Fife Hospital on the grounds of bullying. Sandie Peggie’s “crime” was to object to being forced to share a changing room with a transwoman — in other words, male — doctor.

The court transcripts read like a scene from George Orwell’s 1984…