Christian scientist wins tribunal over gender-critical beliefs

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  15 Apr 2025
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Christian scientist wins tribunal over gender-critical beliefs

Source: FSU

A government scientist and father-of-four who resigned from Porton Down after expressing gender-critical views has won his employment tribunal case.

Gender critical views - the belief that sex is biological and immutable, that people cannot change their sex and sex is distinct from gender-identity - is a philosophical belief and protected under equality laws.

Peter Wilkins, a Christian, had worked at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) for nearly 15 years before leaving in February 2023. He had raised concerns over internal blogs and comments which included abusive descriptions of employees holding gender-critical beliefs.

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