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Maya Forstater s gender critical views are protected by equalities law, a tribunal has ruled. (Nicole Jones /@satiricole)
A tribunal in London has ruled that “gender critical” views are protected under equalities law, in the high-profile case brought by tax researcher Maya Forstater.
Mr Justice Choudhury said that Forstater’s “gender critical” view falls under the protected characteristic of “religion or belief” in the Equality Act 2010.
In Choudhury’s ruling, which follows a two-day hearing at London’s Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in April, he emphasised that this does not mean that people with “gender critical” views “can ‘misgender’ trans persons with impunity”.