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Pronouns for transgender

Deborah Pitt (Dr
Date posted: 1 Nov 2018

Dear Sir,

Dr David Mackereth has been discriminated against and denied a job with the Department of Work and Pensions because of his Christian belief that God made mankind male and female. Dr Mackereth believed he should not be compelled to use a preferred specific pronoun to address a transgender patient. I fully agree. Religious belief is also a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, but evidently some protected characteristics are more protected than others.