Teacher sacked for 'refusing to use transgender student's chosen pronouns'

A gender-critical teacher was sacked for refusing to use a student's preferred pronouns, an employment tribunal has heard. Kevin Lister refused to refer to a 17-year-old biologically female student by their preferred male name and he/him pronouns in A-level lessons. The 60-year-old is claiming unfair dismissal by New College Swindon after he was sacked for gross misconduct in September 2022 following complaints by two students.

The hearing was told that Student A had informed the college in September 2021 they wished to be addressed by a boy's name and with the male pronouns. Mr Lister said that, as a teacher, he had an 'obligation to teach facts' and said college policies went beyond the Equality Act and claimed they were 'illegal' as a result.

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