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Tax expert ‘was told she lost role after antagonising US bosses with trans tweets’

A tax expert was told by her boss that she would not be hired full-time after “antagonising” senior executives with her tweets about transgender people, an employment tribunal has heard. Maya Forstater’s contract at the Centre for Global Development ...

10 Mar 2022 at 19:25

Tax expert ‘was told she lost role after antagonising bosses with trans tweets’

10 Mar 2022 at 20:25

Scotland

Forbes calls for ‘respectful debate’ on gender recognition reform

Kate Forbes has called for “constructive, respectful debate” when the Scottish Government attempts to make it easier for trans people to legally change their gender. Scotland’s Finance Secretary refused to say whether she would support ...

01 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Passing GRA Bill will ‘say who we are as a nation’, says minister

Passing a Bill to allow transgender Scots to self-identify will “say who we are as a nation”, the Social Justice Secretary has said. The controversial legislation was published on Thursday, and would reduce the time a trans person ...

03 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Discourse around GRA ‘reminiscent’ of treatment of gay men, says charity

Discourse around proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland is reminiscent of the treatment of gay men in decades past, the director of an LGBT charity has said. In the first public evidence session on the ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Helena Kennedy: Gender Bill should not impact on new laws against misogyny

The introduction of new legislation to criminalise misogyny should not be impacted by the Scottish Government’s attempts to reform the Gender Recognition Act, a lawyer has said. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC was tasked to ...

27 Apr 2022 at 13:55

LGBT organisations ask UN to revoke status of British rights watchdog

A group of 20 LGBT organisations have asked the UN to revoke the status of Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). A 19-page submission to the UN – which the groups said was prompted by the EHRC’s ...

11 Feb 2022 at 04:25

Rights watchdog boss says critics have ‘wrong target’

Critics of the Equality and Human Rights Commission have the “wrong target”, its chief executive said after a coalition of LGBT groups sought to revoke its status as an independent body. Twenty LGBT ...

11 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Call for Scottish Government to pause on gender recognition reforms

A leading human rights group in the UK has said plans to change the law on gender recognition in Scotland require “further consideration”. Scottish Government ministers have voiced proposals to ...

26 Jan 2022 at 22:25

Nicola Sturgeon hits back at JK Rowling accusation: I’m a real feminist

Nicola Sturgeon has denied she is a “destroyer of women’s rights” after author JK Rowling wore a T-shirt bearing the accusation. The First Minister described herself as a “passionate feminist”,...

07 Oct 2022 at 12:28

Scottish Government wins case over legal definition of ‘woman’

A judge has thrown out a legal challenge against the Scottish Government’s definition of a woman in law. The challenge from campaign group For Women Scotland related to statutory guidance ...

13 Dec 2022 at 16:20

Scotland

Ireland avoided ‘divisive’ debate on gender recognition law, MSPs told

Ireland avoided a “divisive” debate when it passed its Gender Recognition Act (GRA) in 2015, though discussion around the issue is now becoming more heated, an Irish legislator has told ...

22 Jun 2022 at 18:31

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