Niazi Fetto KC, barrister for the nurses, asked if Rose had ever considered, as other transgender colleagues had done in the past, asking for a separate place to get changed.
“No, I didn’t see it as necessary,” Rose replied, adding the use of the women’s changing room was “never really brought up” by managers.
Mr Fetto asked if Rose had ever considered if using the changing room could pose a “risk” that other users might be upset, embarrassed or frightened by Rose’s presence there.
“It never occurred to me it could be a risk, no,” Rose said.
The tribunal has heard complaints were first made by female nurses on the day surgery unit (DSU) in August or September 2023, with 26 women going on to sign a letter complaining about Rose’s use of and conduct within the changing room in March 2024.
Mr Fetto asked if Rose had continued using the changing room even after being aware of the “discontent”, which Rose agreed with.
“To your mind you had a right to use the changing room?” Mr Fetto asked.
Rose replied: “Yes.”
Mr Fetto asked if Rose had thought about the “perspective” of those complaining, to which Rose replied it was a source of “wonder” why there was “suddenly an issue” given she had been using the room for several years already.
“I considered their reasoning, but not to any great extent,” Rose told the tribunal.