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At the end of his speech Heller put on a yarmulke to illustrate that we are more than one thing "this piece of cloth has the power to transform me from being a member of a dominant group to an outsider, different, not fitting in, having others judge me without knowing me”pic.twitter.com/dnThdAFILo
It was powerful demonstration. But imagine how crass it would have been if he wasn't Jewish and he'd claimed that putting on the kippah made him Jewish? Or if he had put on a turban or a dreadlocks wig and claimed it transformed him into a Sikh or a Rastafarian?
And yet we are told that men can transform into women through putting on clothes and makeup, wearing a wig, perhaps taking hormones or having plastic surgery. Or just by saying that they are.
Being a woman is not a costume. It is not a feeling. This is ridiculoushttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/04/26/trans-woman-objects-to-contract-requiring-her-to-act-female-to-stay-in-bc-womens-prison.html …
If elite civil society - orgs & their funders in the #opengov movement are serious about transparency, accountability, participation & inclusion they should engage with and listen to the grassroots women's groups that are trying to be heardhttps://medium.com/@MForstater/feminist-open-government-2f1b101c235d …
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