Press cuttings
Articles about Sex Matters in the media, including coverage of Forstater v CGDE and others.
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Campaigners seek review of schools’ gender policies
The Times by James Beal Women’s rights campaigners are pushing for a “Tavistock-style” review of gender identity policies in schools.
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The Forstater Verdict has Wider Reach than You Think
Fourth Wave by Róisín Michaux EU citizens could invoke their “Maya rights”, as the legal basis that allowed Maya Forstater to sue for discrimination in the UK applies throughout the EU.
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Norfolk hospitals introduce controversial “gender neutral” language
Eastern Daily Press by David HannantMaya Forstater is quoted in this article. Norfolk’s NHS hospitals have revealed they are introducing “gender-neutral” phrases in an effort to be more inclusive.
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Law firms ‘should quit Stonewall advice scheme’ after Allison Bailey ruling
The Times by Catherine Baksi Victory for the Lionesses in the Euros at the weekend temporarily quelled the debate over what a woman is — they are footballers who win trophies for England. More widely, an employment tribunal published a ruling last week protecting free speech in the...
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Schools left to write own transgender rules “behind parents’ backs”
The Telegraph by Louisa Clarence-Smith Rebecca Bull is quoted in this article. Headteachers will continue to decide whether to tell guardians about a child changing their identity.
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JK Rowling backs parents told disabled daughter did not have right to female-only care
The Telegraph by Louisa Clarence-Smith Naomi Cunningham is quoted in this article. Harry Potter author warns that special school’s cross-gender policy on intimate assistance endangers 'extremely vulnerable girls'.
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‘I Lost My Job for Saying Males Aren’t Women. So I Sued My Employer’
Newsweek by Maya Forstater
On July 6, I won a claim I had first brought to a U.K. employment tribunal three years ago; that I was unfairly discriminated against by my employer, and subsequently denied employment, because of my personal views about sex and gender. -
‘Now other women are free to say what they believe’: researcher who lost her job over transgender tweets
Observer by Rachel Cook
After the landmark tribunal ruling in her favour last week, Maya Forstater reveals the toll the case took – and explains why it was worth it. A full 48 hours after she received the final judgment in her long-running employment tribunal, Maya Forstater still looks... -
Maya Forstater was discriminated against over gender-critical views, tribunal rules
People Management by Yoana Cholteeva
A think tank researcher who lost her job after sharing views about trans people on social media was directly discriminated against, the latest tribunal has ruled. Following a series of tweets by Maya Forstater in 2019 suggesting that transgender women could not change their... -
JK Rowling says women making gender-critical claims safer after ‘free speech’ tribunal
The Telegraph by Gabriella Swerling, Social and Religious Affairs Editor
JK Rowling has claimed that every woman who has been “harassed, silenced or bullied” for gender critical views is safer after a campaigner won an employment tribunal. The Harry Potter author made the comments after Maya Forstater, a 47-year-old... -
Employers can’t compel staff to share their beliefs
The Times by Jawad Iqbal
No one should face the loss of their livelihood or have their reputation tarnished simply for expressing what they believe to be the truth. Yet that’s exactly what happened to Maya Forstater, a tax expert working at the think tank Centre for Global... -
Maya Forstater has won a victory for reality
Spiked by Jo Bartosch
She took on gender ideology – and won. Rulings from employment tribunals rarely make the national news, let alone attract comment from global celebrities. But today’s announcement that tax consultant Maya Forstater has won her case against her employer, the Centre for Global Development... -
Maya Forstater wins employment appeal tribunal
Morning Star
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... -
Maya Forstater wins discrimination claims over trans tweets
LBC by Emma Soteriou
A tax expert who lost out on a job after claiming people cannot change their biological sex has won three claims in a fresh employment tribunal following an appeal. Maya Forstater’s contract at the Centre for Global Development (CGD) was not renewed in March 2019... -
Judge rules Maya Forstater was discriminated against because of ‘gender-critical’ beliefs
Pink News by Maggie Baska
An employment tribunal unanimously ruled tax researcher Maya Forstater was directly discriminated against because of her ‘gender critical’ beliefs.
Maya Forstater has been at the centre of a high-profile legal battle to have so-called ‘gender critical’ views protected under equalities law. She... -
Campaigner was discriminated against over gender critical beliefs
Law Society Gazette by Michael Cross
A ‘gender-critical’ campaigner suffered direct discrimination by a non-governmental organisation when it decided not to offer her a contract of employment, an employment tribunal ruled today in a high-profile case. Employment experts said the ruling will clarify the law on what amounts...