EAT finds that a belief that a person cannot change their sex/ gender at will, and a lack of belief in 'transgenderism', is protected under the Equality Act

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14 July 2022

In this podcast, we look at a case in which the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that a Christian doctor’s belief that a person cannot change their sex/gender at will, and his lack of belief in ‘transgenderism’, were protected under the Equality Act but that no discrimination had taken place.

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EAT finds that a belief that a person cannot change their sex/ gender at will, and a lack of belief in 'transgenderism', is protected under the Equality Act

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