Maya Forstater wins appeal against employment tribunal over transgender tweet

Finding in favour of Ms Forstater, Mr Justice Choudhury said her views “may well be profoundly offensive and even distressing”, but said they “must be tolerated in a pluralist society”.

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 UK government proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act to allow people to identify as the opposite sex.