{"id":21100,"date":"2022-03-14T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adf.uk\/?p=8378"},"modified":"2024-01-11T16:53:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T15:53:16","slug":"maya_forstaters_right_to_hold_normal_views_on_gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/en-gb\/news\/maya_forstaters_right_to_hold_normal_views_on_gender","title":{"rendered":"Why Christians are defending Maya Forstater\u2019s right to hold \u2018normal\u2019 views on gender"},"content":{"rendered":"

It might be women\u2019s history month, but there\u2019s never been a more complicated time to talk about being female.<\/p>\n

Just ask Maya Forstater. The 47-year-old think tank consultant lost out on a job contract renewal for having expressed her personal beliefs. As with many good stories of our day, it all started with a simple tweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think being a woman\/female is a matter of identity or womanly feelings,\u201d she said in one post.\u00a0\u201cWhat I am so surprised at is that smart people who I admire\u2026are tying themselves in knots to avoid saying the truth that men cannot change into women,\u201d she wrote in another.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a belief that has quite literally been around since the beginning of time. Up until ten years ago, few would have batted an eyelid. And yet when Maya first sought justice, the employment tribunal judge said that this view, rooted in biology, was \u201cnot worthy of respect in a democratic society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thankfully, at an appeal stage last year, this decision was overturned in recognition that Maya had faced workplace discrimination because of her views.<\/p>\n

This week, she is back to face a final hearing, hoping this victory will be upheld.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u201cWhy Christians are defending Maya Forstater\u2019s right to hold \u2018normal\u2019 views on gender\u201d by Lois McLatchie (Premier Christianity<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten years ago, no one would have batted an eyelid at Maya Forstater\u2019s view that \u201cmen cannot change into women\u201d says Lois McLatchie. 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