Maya Forstater, who lost out on a job for saying people cannot change their biological sex, has been awarded £100,000 ($127,000) compensation by an employment tribunal.
She was awarded the payout after it was found she experienced discrimination and victimization at work.
Forstater, who worked as a tax expert at the Centre for Global Development (CGD), didn’t get a renewal of her contract 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 without a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
In a judgment handed down on Friday, three judges at a London tribunal awarded Forstater compensation of £91,500 ($116,000) and interest of £14,904.31 (almost $19,000)….