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gender critical
[ jen-der krit-i-kuhl ]
adjective
- relating to, holding, or promoting the belief that sex ( def 2 ) is a binary and unchangeable characteristic that is determined at birth and that dictates a person's social, linguistic, and legal status or position.
Word History and Origins
Origin of gender critical1
Example Sentences
She lost her case at an employment tribunal case, but an Appeal Court judge later ruled that gender critical beliefs were protected by the Equalities Act.
His comments were ridiculed by then Tory leader Sunak – and did not go down well with gender critical campaigners in his own party.
Last year, the Greens were ordered by a court to pay nearly £100,000 to their former deputy leader Shahrar Ali after it found the party had discriminated against him when they fired him as a spokesman during a row over his gender critical beliefs.
Judge Stephen Hellman said he could not rule out the possibility that this unfairness had been due Ali's gender critical beliefs.
He has also denied people with gender critical beliefs, which include those who believe that people cannot change sex, were banned from expressing their views at the Green Party conference.
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