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Forstater’s win for gender-critical beliefs has broad, biting real-world implications, says lawyer
07/07/2022
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A tax expert who lost her job due to her gender-critical beliefs has won three employment tribunal claims that she was unfairly discriminated against and victimised. The judgment establishes that gender-critical beliefs are protected in the workplace.

Maya Forstater lost her visiting fellowship at the think tank Center for Global Development (CGD) after she tweeted criticism of now-scrapped government plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act, allowing people to declare their own gender.