Maya Forstater wins appeal against employment tribunal over transgender tweet

Ms Forstater’s contract was not renewed in March 2019 after she posted her tweet.

Published Jun 10, 2021

Maya Forstater who lost her job after claiming people cannot change their biological sex insists her views are a “material reality”, an employment appeal tribunal has heard. Forstater’s contract was not renewed in March 2019 after she posted tweets opposing government proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act to allow people to identify as the opposite sex (Barney Cokeliss/PA)

A woman who lost her job after claiming people cannot change their biological sex has won her appeal against an employment tribunal.

Maya Forstater’s contract was not renewed in March 2019 after she posted tweets opposing government proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act to allow people to identify as the opposite sex.

On Thursday, a High Court judge said the original tribunal had “erred in law”, but added: “This judgment does not mean that those with gender-critical beliefs can ‘misgender’ trans persons with impunity.”