Maya Forstater

Heller says “We continue to miss the mark on opening up gov because of who is at the table ....Inclusion matters for OGP .... We know that when women and girls are empowered to make public sector decisions in almost any context, smarter and more equitable outcomes emerge.“

But elite civil society has redefined who "women & girls" are ( a feminine identity, not a sex) & are giving away single sex spaces, without asking ordinary women and girls. Those who object are excluded from debate by elite civil society. This is the opposite of open government

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?