Woman Sacked Over View on Transgender Issues Wins Appeal

Woman Sacked Over View on Transgender Issues Wins Appeal
Undated photo of Maya Forstate, cofounder of campaign group Sex Matters. Nicole Jones/handout via PA
Lily Zhou
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A woman who lost her job after her tweets were deemed transphobic has won an appeal at the Employment Appeal Tribunal in London.

The judgment (pdf) handed out on Thursday concluded that Maya Forstater’s “belief as to the immutability of sex is one that amounts to a philosophical belief” and therefore protected under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA).
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