‘Now other women are free to say what they believe’: researcher who lost her job over transgender tweets

After the landmark tribunal ruling in her favour last week, Maya Forstater reveals the toll the case took - and explains why it was worth it

A full 48 hours after she received the final judgment in her long-running employment tribunal, Maya Forstater still looks a little dazed. It is, she admits, difficult to believe that she is now free to get on with the rest of her life.

I am very happy," she says. I do feel vindicated. The tribunal found that I was a victim of discrimination, and not a perpetrator, which is the story that has been told about me for the past three years. But it is weird, too. This case took on a life of its own a long time ago. It is both about me, and not about me. The implications of the judgment are going to have a huge impact. The most important thing I ever did, it seems, was to lose my job."