英国一家法庭裁定工程师Maria Kelly关于变性人使用厕所的歧视主张无效, 维护英国莱昂纳多的包容性政策。 A UK tribunal ruled against engineer Maria Kelly’s discrimination claim over transgender toilet use, upholding Leonardo UK’s inclusive policy.

Maria Kelly, 英国莱昂纳多大学工程师, 失去了她的就业法庭案例, 质疑该公司允许变性雇员使用妇女厕所的政策。 Maria Kelly, an engineer at Leonardo UK, lost her employment tribunal case challenging the company’s policy allowing transgender employees to use women’s toilets. 由Michelle Sutherland法官领导的法庭驳回了她关于性别歧视和性骚扰的申诉,指出该政策不会对女性工作人员造成不利,隐私问题可以通过单人居住设施加以解决,而且该政策与其目的相称。 The tribunal, led by Judge Michelle Sutherland, dismissed her claims of sex discrimination and harassment, stating the policy caused no disadvantage to female staff, privacy concerns could be addressed with single-occupancy facilities, and the policy was proportionate to its aim. Kelly在2023年遇到变性人同事后开始使用“秘密”厕所, 他打算提出上诉, 认为这项裁决与英国最高法院2024年4月在《平等法》中将性别定义为生物的决定相矛盾。 Kelly, who began using a “secret” toilet after encountering a transgender colleague in 2023, plans to appeal, arguing the ruling contradicts the UK Supreme Court’s April 2024 decision defining sex in the Equality Act as biological. 批评者说,判决破坏了这项裁决,而英国莱昂纳多则肯定其包容性政策,并说它将审查即将提出的平等指导。 Critics say the judgment undermines that ruling, while Leonardo UK affirmed its inclusive policies and said it will review upcoming equality guidance.