The summary of the #Forstater judgment by discrimination law expert @akuareindorf should be essential reading on the importance of belief as a protected characteristic not just for employers but for service providers & membership organisations 1/
https://twitter.com/sexmattersorg/status/1422485895702265857
Such organisations should review their policies to avoid the potential sanctioning of discrimination, harassment or victimisation on the grounds of protected beliefs on sex & gender & avoid compelled speech. Also a reminder that #freedomofexpression 2/7
And the right to #FreedomOfSpeech includes ‘not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome & the provocative provided it does not provoke violence’ 3/7
Freedom of conscience & freedom of expression are #HumanRights protected by the #ECHR which transcends domestic law. Only beliefs ‘aimed at the destruction’ of Convention rights are ‘not worthy of respect in a democratic society’ 4/7
Gender critical beliefs don’t ‘espouse violence & hatred’ & are ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’ ‘not least because it remains the law of the land that sex is binary & immutable’ 5/7
We are also reminded that ‘contrary to popular mythology there were no allegations that she (Maya Forstater) had misgendered anyone at work or subjected colleagues to transphobic harassment’ 6/7
So the good news for gender critical feminists as well as same sex attracted lesbians is, that so far as the law on discrimination & #freespeech is concerned, facts as well as sex matter. #SexMatters. Thank you @MForstater 🙏 7/7
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