The links below include some media reports that appeared immediately after the publication on 28 June 2024 (on the Employment tribunal decisions website) of the Reserved Judgment of my claim against East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Many of the public comments on the media reports misinterpret either the original email invitation for employees to add pronouns to their email signatures (it wasn’t compulsory, it was an invitation) or my expectation in adding my particular email footer (I did expect people to refer to me by the (neo)pronouns XYchromosomeGuy or AdultHumanMale, in line with the concept of self-identification).
Some said I was an idiot, and should have ignored the invitation altogether, leaving that part of my footer blank. But my point was that the whole concept of self-identification is dangerously idiotic. Some misunderstood what stage I was at in the process (suggesting I ought to sue East Riding of Yorkshire Council for discrimination, missing the point that we had already had the Employment Tribunal hearing and I had lost).
There was also, of course, coverage on a significant number of HR-related websites and blogs.
Media reports
- MailOnline: Gender-critical council worker loses legal fight against council that sacked him for putting ‘AdultHumanMale’ on his emails rather than ‘he/him’
- Yorkshire Post: Council worker sacked over ‘deliberately provocative’ pronouns used on emails
- The Telegraph: ‘Gender-critical’ council worker sacked after protest over pronouns on email signature
- The Telegraph Lifestyle (Judith Woods): I won’t be bullied into stipulating my pronouns – even if I could get fired for it
- MailOnline: Council worker who was sacked for putting ‘AdultHumanMale’ on his emails instead of ‘he/him’ is now left with £12k legal bill after losing tribunal
- GB News: Council worker warns woke cancel culture leaves people ‘scared stiff’ after facing £12k bill from pronoun row sacking
- The European Conservative: Gender-Critical UK Council Worker Loses Legal Battle Over Pronouns
- TDPellMedia: Council worker in East Yorkshire faces £12,000 legal bill after tribunal rejects claim of discrimination over refusal to use inclusive pronouns
- MailOnline (Rebecca Hardy): The pronoun police hounded Jim Orwin out of his job. Now read his shattering story and ask: If you stand up to gender identity zealots, will they come for you next?
Blog reports
- Ambush Predator: It’s Schrödinger’s Gender Critical Worker!
- Knowing Ius (Michael Foran): Orwin v East Riding of Yorkshire Council
YouTube coverage
- TalkTV (YouTube) – Alex Phillips: “Completely Bizarre” | Council Worker Sacked After Writing ‘Adult Human Male’ In Email
- Free Speech Union (YouTube): GENDER CRITICAL COUNCIL EMPLOYEE SACKED FOR REFUSING TO USE PREFERRED PRONOUNS!
- JDhillon (YouTube): Worker FIRED For Putting ‘Adult Human Male’ In Email As Its OFFENSIVE TO TRANSGENDERS…
- The XX Files (YouTube): James Orwin loses legal battle against council after being sacked for protesting pronouns in email (This is a clip from GBNews, with Tom Harwood and Emily Carver, who covered it during their ‘Good Afternoon Britain’ programme on 18 July 2024.)
- ‘Matt Goodwin Seethes’ – Council worker loses Tribunal: Jim Orwin hit with 12k bill after refusal to use ‘acceptable’ pronouns (Dewbs & Co., GB News, 12 November 2024)