‘I Lost My Job for Saying Males Aren’t Women. So I Sued My Employer’

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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. . .

In July that year, the U.K. government published a public consultation on the the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) seeking opinion on updating the law to allow anyone to change their recorded sex through a simple process of self-declaration.

So, I tweeted about the issue, including saying that “men cannot change into women.” I wasn’t intending to be impolite to people with who identify as transgender: I respect people’s freedom, but when it comes to areas such as sports, prisons, women’s refuges, showers, toilets and dormitories, my view is that sex matters and government policies should reflect this. . .

I did not imagine the reaction my tweets would set off at CGD’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. I was asked to put an “all views my own” disclaimer on my twitter profile, which I did. But a whispering campaign started, with some staff lobbying for my removal. The organization commissioned reports about me and by March 2019 I was out of work; my position as a visiting fellow was not renewed and I was not offered a permanent position of employment. I was desolate. It was a job that I had loved, and I thought my colleagues were people with integrity and intellectual curiosity. (Read more from “‘I Lost My Job for Saying Males Aren’t Women. So I Sued My Employer'” HERE)

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