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When the gender debate doesn’t belong in the classroom

29 March 2024

3:29 AM

29 March 2024

3:29 AM

Kevin Lister has lost his case at an employment tribunal in Bristol. I am not surprised. The former maths teacher was dismissed by New College Swindon for gross misconduct in September 2022 after he failed to refer to one of his students by their preferred name or pronoun.

There was a clash of beliefs.

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