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The Guardian - UK
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Alexandra Topping

Social worker wins discrimination case over gender critical beliefs

The judgment said Rachel Meade’s posts ‘fell within her protected rights for freedom of thought and freedom to manifest her beliefs’.
The judgment said Rachel Meade’s posts ‘fell within her protected rights for freedom of thought and freedom to manifest her beliefs’. Photograph: @MForstater

A social worker who was suspended after sharing gender critical beliefs online has won her claim against her employer for discrimination.

A tribunal panel found that Westminster city council and Social Work England had discriminated against Rachel Meade on the basis of her protected beliefs under the Equality Act 2010.

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