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MAYA FORSTATER, whose job contract was not renewed after she tweeted in opposition to government proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act, has won her appeal against an employment tribunal judgement.
The Centre for Global Development did not renew Ms Forstater’s contract in March 2019 after she posted tweets criticising the proposal, which would have made it easier for people to alter the biological sex listed on official documentation such as their birth certificate.
Ms Forstater, who had been a tax expert at the think tank, took her case to an employment tribunal in November 2019 on the grounds that her dismissal constituted discrimination against her belief that biological sex is immutable.
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