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Neil Shaw

Woman who lost job after saying you cannot change your sex wins tribunal

A woman who lost her job after claiming people cannot change their biological sex, has won two claims in a fresh employment tribunal following an appeal. Maya Forstater’s contract at the Centre for Global Development (CGD) was not renewed in March 2019 after she said biological sex could not be changed.

In a judgment handed down on Wednesday, Employment Judge Andrew Glennie said the “complaints of direct discrimination because of belief are well founded” over the decision to not offer Ms Forstater a contract or review a fellowship following her tweets.

Judge Glennie added that her complaint that she was victimised after being removed from a company website was “well founded”.

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