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Lucinda Cameron

Sacked worker did not want to ‘lie’ over transgender pronouns, tribunal told

David Toshack has taken his former employer GEOAmey to an employment tribunal (Alamy/PA) -

A former trainee prison custody officer said he was not happy to call transgender prisoners by their pronouns because it was a “lie”, an employment tribunal has heard.

David Toshack has taken security firm GEOAmey to an employment tribunal, saying he was sacked because he refused to use “incorrect pronouns” for transgender prisoners.

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