JK Rowling applauds £70,000 payout for trans row rape centre worker who was harassed and lost job over her gender-critical views

JK Rowling has hailed a tribunal's decision to pay nearly £70,000 to a rape crisis worker after she was unfairly dismissed over her gender-critical views. Rape crisis worker Roz Adams has been awarded nearly £70,000 after she was unfairly dismissed over her gender-critical views According to the judgment, in December 2020 Ms Adams went for a walk with the centre's then-Chief Operating Officer, MSP Maggie Chapman, who voiced the 'mantra' that trans women are women. JK Rowling has hailed a tribunal's decision to pay out nearly £70,000 to Ms Adams In a second tweet, Ms Rowling wrote 'at last' in reaction to the tribunal decision today Ms Adams now works for Beira's Place, a support service founded by author JK Rowling In a ruling in May, Judge Ian McFatridge said ERCC 'wished to make an example' of Ms Adams' beliefs and it appeared to be the view of senior management that she was 'guilty of a heresy' in that she did not fully subscribe to the gender ideology they wished to promote. The tribunal found Mridul Wadhwa, the former chief executive of the ERCC, who is also a transwoman, deemed Ms Adams to be 'transphobic' She called for a public apology and for 'meaningful change' from the Scottish Government, ERCC and Rape Crisis Scotland. A ruling published following an Employment Tribunal 'remedy hearing' in October said Ms Adams was concerned that service users were not being directed to Beira's Place, including by a hotline operated by Rape Crisis Scotland, that she felt an apology was for language rather than the situation, and that she felt the Equality Act 2010 was 'misquoted and abused'.