2019/11/15/Researcher defends tweets on trans rights at employment tribunal
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- when: 2019/11/15 (2019/11/15))
- author: Owen Bowcott
- source: The Guardian
- topics: Maya Forstater transmisia gender critical war on gender UK/2004 Gender Recognition Act
- link: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/nov/15/researcher-defends-tweets-on-trans-rights-at-employment-tribunal
- title: Researcher defends tweets on trans rights at employment tribunal
- summary: «Forstater tweeted that "men cannot change into women". She has argued that her "gender critical" beliefs should be protected under the 2010 Equality Act, and she has funded her legal challenge through the CrowdJustice website.» ...«She was accused of using "offensive and exclusionary" language in tweets opposing government proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act to allow people to self-identify as the opposite sex.»