Former publisher of Hachette UK’s Fleet imprint Ursula Doyle has reached an undisclosed settlement with the company. Doyle filed a discrimination complaint in summer 2024, writing on a fundraising page for legal fees that she faced online harassment from colleagues for publishing Kathleen Stock’s 2020 “gender critical” book Material Girls and that the company did nothing to protect her from the abuse. Doyle also claimed in a statement that the company discriminated against her “by introducing a trans-inclusion policy, which explicitly allows men who say they are women to use women’s toilets and shower facilities.” Doyle wrote in an update […]
