Kevin Lister was dismissed for gross misconduct in September 2022A gender-critical teacher has told a tribunal he was sacked after refusing to use a trans student's preferred pronouns.
The hearing was told that the teenager - known only as Student A - had informed the college in September 2021 they wished to be addressed by a boy's name and with the male pronouns. 'That is the intention of the policy - to encourage children to socially transition and to push them towards transgender lobby groups.'It is not the role of a maths teacher to confirm the gender transition and social transition of a student.'
Referring to the college policy, Mr Lister said: 'It doesn't require gender-critical people to change their beliefs.Jude Shepherd, the barrister representing the college, suggested the policy did not prevent staff members holding gender-critical beliefs from being 'inclusive and treating people with respect'.
'I gestured. Some people would say I was pointing. I didn't want to use her dead name but I didn't want to assist with her social transitioning,' Mr Lister said. Mr Lister, who taught maths at New College Swindon, would gesture to Student A instead of using their preferred male name, the hearing was told
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