Protect gender views – watchdog

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Jun 2021
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The UK’s equality watchdog has said ‘gender-critical’ beliefs must be robustly protected by the courts.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was commenting ahead of an employment appeal ruling between Maya Forstater and her former employer which has now concluded.

Forstater, a tax specialist and researcher, brought a discrimination claim after the Center for Global Development (CGD) refused to renew her contract after she published a number of ‘trans-critical’ Tweets, including: ‘Male people are not women’.

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