Tribunal of Teacher Sacked for ‘Misgendering’ Pupil Collapses Over Anti-Christian Slurs

Published on March 27, 2024

The tribunal of a primary school teacher who was sacked for “misgendering” a child collapsed after slurs against Christians and people with socially conservative views made by one of the judges emerged. The entire panel of the Nottinghamshire employment tribunal stepped down on the sixth day of the unfair dismissal hearing brought by the female teacher, who has only been named as “Hannah” in order to protect the identity of the child. Hannah, who is a Christian, was fired from her job after she refused to “affirm” the identity of an 8-year-old girl who said she was a boy and wanted to be addressed with male pronouns and to use the boys’ toilets and changing rooms....