Army veteran David Toshack is taking prison subcontractors GEOAmey to an employment tribunal after he fell foul of their self appointed pronouns commissars. The 50-year-old was set to take up a role as a custody officer at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, but upset instructors during a training course back in January this year. When the course turned to the issue of transgender prisoners, Mr Toshack said he felt uncomfortable referring to biological men as women and vice versa. He was allegedly told to leave the room and summarily sacked later the same day.
Mr Toshack, who is a practising Christian, was apparently told that his views were both 'against the law' and company policy. He told The Daily Mail: "I’m just a normal, working class person who’s never been in trouble with the law before, not got a criminal record, lived a good life. I’ve been prepared to go and fight and die for my country, and then I have come back here and been told that there’s certain things you can’t think or can’t say."
He added: "I’m not some kind of pious, religious zealot. I’m just a normal person who goes to church., but calling a man a woman is just a lie. It’s not based in science, it’s not based on biology, it’s not based in reality."
Mr Toshack will claim at the tribunal later this year that GEOAmey subjected him to unlawful discrimination and harassment. He will be represented by the same solicitor currently representing Scots NHS nurse Sandie Peggie, who is embroiled in an ongoing employment tribunal after she was suspended for objecting to the presence of a male trans doctor in the women's changing room.
There are also claims that prison officers in Scotland are still facing disciplinary action if they 'misgender' trans prisoners, despite the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex last April.
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