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A Scots engineer began using a "secret toilet" at her workplace after encountering a transgender colleague in the female bathrooms, an employment tribunal has heard. ‌

Maria Kelly said she does not want to "sacrifice my privacy and my dignity" by sharing toilets with a man and is now taking legal action against her employer Leonardo UK. ‌

Ms Kelly has lodged a complaint alleging harassment , direct and indirect discrimination. ‌

The 'people and capability' lead for the aerospace firm's electronics department, said that as someone who suffers from heavy periods , female toilets are important to her as a place of refuge and privacy to deal with them.

She told the tribunal in Edinburgh that after encountering a transgender colleague in the female b

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