Teacher’s trans row tribunal collapses over anti-Tory slurs
by Jonathan Ames, The Times:
A hearing for a teacher who said she was wrongly sacked for questioning a school’s gender policy has been postponed after social media comments by a member.
A tribunal which was hearing claims that a teacher was sacked for challenging her school’s transgender policy has collapsed after a member made anti-Conservative slurs and showed “significant prejudice against Christians”.
All three members of the tribunal in Nottingham, including the judge, have recused themselves in an effort to avoid a “perception of bias” against the teacher, who is said to have raised concerns about a socially transitioning eight-year-old.
The rare move by the tribunal’s judge, Victoria Butler, and members Javed Akhtar and Jed Purkis — came after the discovery of social media comments alleged “to advocate religious discrimination”.
The hearing will now have to be rescheduled for later in the year.
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