The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World

by Andrew Doyle

lost a tribunal against her employers for wrongful dismissal: In June 2021, the decision of the tribunal in the Maya Forstater case was overturned by the High Court, with the judge ruling that her views were protected in law by the Equality Act 2020. See Sam Damshenas, ‘Maya Forstater wins appeal against employment tribunal over “gender critical” views’, Gay Times (10 June 2021). Once Forstater’s appeal was upheld, she was able to take legal action against the Center for Global Development for wrongful dismissal. Her erstwhile employer’s case rested on the view that Forstater’s belief that sex is immutable was a sackable offence. The tribunal was particularly revealing, because the typical strategies of gender ideologues – to cry ‘hate’ or ‘transphobia’, or to proclaim that there must be ‘no debate’ – simply could not be deployed in a court of law. As a result, the interrogation by Ben Cooper QC, counsel for Forstater, provided a rare opportunity for people to see what happens when the high priests of gender ideology are forced to defend their creed.