Teacher Loses Tribunal After Refusing to Affirm Girl’s ‘Transition’

Published on March 29, 2024

A teacher has lost his employment tribunal case after he was fired for refusing to “affirm” the chosen male identity of a 17-year-old girl. Kevin Lister had an 18-year career in education and had taught at New College in Swindon for just over a year when the girl’s friend complained about his questioning her wish to “transition” to live as a boy. Mr. Lister told The Epoch Times he had serious safeguarding concerns about the “pro-trans” ethos of the college and for the young girl herself, and did not think her wish to socially transition should go unchallenged. “To me, there was a serious risk that she was going to self-medicate with cross-sex hormones,” he said, adding that he was concerned the girl’s parents might not know about or be supportive of her transition and that when he asked the school about this, they did not give him a clear answer....

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