一名苏格兰见习监狱官因拒绝使用变性囚犯的代名词,以个人信仰为由,引发一个正在进行的就业法庭而被解雇。
A Scottish trainee prison officer was fired for refusing to use transgender inmates' pronouns, citing personal beliefs, sparking an ongoing employment tribunal.
据一家正在进行的就业法庭称,爱丁堡一名见习监狱官员David Toshack因拒绝为变性囚犯使用代名词而在其最后一周的培训中被解职。
A trainee prison officer in Edinburgh, David Toshack, was dismissed during his final week of training after refusing to use pronouns for transgender prisoners, according to an ongoing employment tribunal.
安保公司GEOAmey表示,他因未遵守公司政策而未通过缓刑,理由是安全考虑,包括此前一名跨性别囚犯因看到错误代词而袭击一名警员的事件。
The security firm GEOAmey said he failed probation for not following company policy, citing safety concerns, including a prior incident where a transgender prisoner assaulted an officer after seeing incorrect pronouns.
Toshack的辩护人质疑迅速解职一事, 并说他相信使用不正确的代名词等于撒谎。
Toshack’s advocate questioned the swift dismissal and said he believed using incorrect pronouns amounted to lying.
此案在就业法官Amanda Jones面前继续进行。
The case continues before employment judge Amanda Jones.