A tax expert who lost out on a job after saying people cannot change their biological sex has been awarded £100,000 compensation by an employment tribunal. Maya Forstater was awarded the payout after it was found she experienced discrimination and victimisation at work.
Her contract at the Centre for Global Development (CGD) think tank, where she worked as a researcher, was not renewed in March 2019 after she said biological sex cannot be changed. Her victory against the CGD comes after a high court judge ruled in June 2021 that her views on the “immutability of sex” are a “philosophical belief” protected by equality legislation and should be “tolerated in a pluralist society”.
In a judgment handed down on Friday, three judges at a London tribunal awarded Ms Forstater compensation of £91,500 and interest of £14,904.31. The compensation is for loss of earnings, injury to feelings and aggravated damages after the CGD did not renew her contract or visiting fellowship.
