Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
*Note: We'd like to apologize for the distracting typing noises on this episode. Our recording platform hit a glitch and the editing team was unable to edit that out, as they typically would. We hope you’ll still enjoy it! --
Quick Notes:
Maya Forstater is a researcher, writer and advisor working on business and sustainable development. She is one of the founders of Sex Matters, a UK based, not for profit organziation that seeks to re-establish that sex matters in rules, laws, policies, language and culture.
In 2019 she lost her job after tweeting and writing about sex and gender. She had begun talking and tweeting about news articles which she felt espoused bizarre new beliefs about gender and what the implications may be. For example, while building a campaign to combat overly-sex-segregated toys for children, called Let Toys be Toys, Maya observed that society had shifted from fighting sex stereotypes to claiming that some children were neither girls nor boys. It was fascinating to learn that even when researching tax policy, Maya found herself calling out unrealistic, utopian ideas and ruffling feathers among her liberal peers. In this conversation Maya also reflects on her unlikely position in her landmark court case which established that gender critical views are protected as a belief under the equality act. Despite her reluctance to jump into a complex and messy legal process, she felt a strong conviction to take this on.
Links:
Sex Matters:
sex-matters.org
Let Toys Be Toys:
lettoysbetoys.org.uk
Twitter Handle:
@MForstater
More of Maya’s Writing:
a-question-of-consent.net
Wider Lens Renewal Retreat – Arizona 2022:
eventbrite.com/e/wider-lens-renewal-retreats-arizona-2022-tickets-368655377157
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This podcast is sponsored by ReIME and Genspect. Visit rethinkime.org and genspect.org to learn more. For more about our show: https://linktr.ee/WiderLensPod
*Note: We'd like to apologize for the distracting typing noises on this episode. Our recording platform hit a glitch and the editing team was unable to edit that out, as they typically would. We hope you’ll still enjoy it! --
Quick Notes:
Maya Forstater is a researcher, writer and advisor working on business and sustainable development. She is one of the founders of Sex Matters, a UK based, not for profit organziation that seeks to re-establish that sex matters in rules, laws, policies, language and culture.
In 2019 she lost her job after tweeting and writing about sex and gender. She had begun talking and tweeting about news articles which she felt espoused bizarre new beliefs about gender and what the implications may be. For example, while building a campaign to combat overly-sex-segregated toys for children, called Let Toys be Toys, Maya observed that society had shifted from fighting sex stereotypes to claiming that some children were neither girls nor boys. It was fascinating to learn that even when researching tax policy, Maya found herself calling out unrealistic, utopian ideas and ruffling feathers among her liberal peers. In this conversation Maya also reflects on her unlikely position in her landmark court case which established that gender critical views are protected as a belief under the equality act. Despite her reluctance to jump into a complex and messy legal process, she felt a strong conviction to take this on.
Links:
Sex Matters:
sex-matters.org
Let Toys Be Toys:
lettoysbetoys.org.uk
Twitter Handle:
@MForstater
More of Maya’s Writing:
a-question-of-consent.net
Wider Lens Renewal Retreat – Arizona 2022:
eventbrite.com/e/wider-lens-renewal-retreats-arizona-2022-tickets-368655377157
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This podcast is sponsored by ReIME and Genspect. Visit rethinkime.org and genspect.org to learn more. For more about our show: https://linktr.ee/WiderLensPod
