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An engineer suffered years of “gaslighting” from her employer over her concerns about transgender colleagues using female toilets, an employment tribunal has heard. ‌

Maria Kelly suffered “profound distress” and “embarrassment and humiliation” when she raised the issue, her lawyer Naomi Cunningham told the tribunal in Edinburgh. ‌

Ms Kelly is taking legal action against aerospace and defence manufacturer Leonardo UK and has lodged a complaint alleging harassment, direct and indirect discrimination. ‌

In her closing submissions on Wednesday, Ms Cunningham said that Leonardo appeared to be more concerned about staying “with the herd” rather than complying with the law on how trans women are treated.

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