Maya Forstater speaks to Sky News in an interview released on April 24, 2021. | Independent va Sky News
A British woman who was terminated from her job after expressing that men cannot become women is appealing her case after a judge ruled against her, stating that her views are “unworthy of respect” in a democracy.
Tax researcher Maya Forstater was ousted from her job at the London office of the Centre for Global Development in 2019 for saying in an online exchange that men who identify as transgender “cannot change into women.”
Forstater had also referred to convicted rapist Karen White a biological male formerly known as Stephen Wood who was transferred to a women s prison where he went on to assault female inmates as a man. She contested her termination in an employment tribunal after being accused of “offensive and exclusionary” language.
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Statement on the Maya Forstater tribunal
Index on Censorship has intervened in a case with important freedom of expression ramifications
28 Apr 2021
BY INDEX ON CENSORSHIP
This week Index on Censorship took the unusual step of legally intervening in an employment appeal tribunal. As always our focus was on the core principle of free expression and protecting free speech in law. The tribunal has now concluded and has reserved judgment – we expect to learn the result in the coming months. Much will be discussed and written about in the coming days regarding the Maya Forstater tribunal, but for your information on what Index provided to the court please access our skeleton argument here.
Maya Forstater, 47, insists her views are based on fundamental scientific facts
A tax expert who was sacked after claiming people cannot change their biological sex insist her views are based on fundamental scientific fact , an employment appeal tribunal has heard.
Maya Forstater s contract was not renewed at an international think-tank in 2019 after she posted a series of controversial opinions including that men cannot change into women .
The Central London Employment Tribunal upheld the dismissal after judge James Tayler described her beliefs as not worthy of respect in a democratic society .
Her case gained national attention after Harry Potter author JK Rowling voiced her support, and said she disagreed with the tribunal s decision to throw out the tax expert s discrimination claim.