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.