Maya Forstater hearing starts Monday

[MForstater]

Hi all,

Thank you so much for all your support: emotional, intellectual, financial, spiritual(!) reading the Mumsnet feminism board is where this all started for me!

The case starts tomorrow.

It is all online. If you want to watch you need to email the tribunal for a log in to [email protected]

It kicks off at 10am - the first bit will be "admin" between the judges and the lawyers working out the timings, issues and any reporting restrictions .

Once that is all sorted the judge and the panel will go away to read (probably for the rest of Monday and all of Tuesday)

I will most likely give evidence Wednesday and Thursday.

@tribunaltweets will be tweeting the whole thing (assuming they get permission from the judge)

Links to papers will go up throughout the case at www.hiyamaya.net.

Any other questions I am happy to answer them (apart from the ones where I have to say "that is for the tribunal to hear"...)

I have made a spectators guide with FAQs etc here

Lots of love

Maya

Best of luck, Maya! Your fortitude is incredible.

Good luck Maya. Hopefully I'll be following Tribunal Tweets

Good luck Maya

Good luck Maya! I will be following proceedings with interest and keeping everything crossed for a good outcome.

Good luck Maya

Thinking of you Maya

Hope all goes well! Apparently the garden still needed some topping up so I have dug again

Hello Maya.

You have made a difference in more places than you will ever know.

Thank you, and good luck.

Thank you so much Maya. You are doing this for all of us. Wishing you strength

All the very best for the week ahead, Maya. Wishing you strength and fortitude x

You are an incredibly brave and tenacious woman. The very best of luck to you, and thank you so much for all that you do

There’s a few carrots needed in the garden. I’ve been doing a bit more digging.

All the best dear Maya

Rooting for you 💪

Good luck Maya!

I don't really have the right words to say how much I admire, and am grateful for, your bravery. Good luck

Thanks for what you do for all of us.

Maya is the reason why I am speaking up at school.

When I was doing a session on honour based violence this week and a younger teacher told me I should change 'women' to people with vulvas, I refused. When she said 'but its not just women who have vulvas' I said no, I don't believe that, and I am not going to call women who have been murdered or cut because they are women 'people with vulvas'....

...... that's because of maya.

Thank you xxxx

Thank you!!

@rabbitwoman

Maya is the reason why I am speaking up at school.

When I was doing a session on honour based violence this week and a younger teacher told me I should change 'women' to people with vulvas, I refused. When she said 'but its not just women who have vulvas' I said no, I don't believe that, and I am not going to call women who have been murdered or cut because they are women 'people with vulvas'....

...... that's because of maya.

Thank you xxxx

Good for you. What a thoroughly unpleasant thing to think it's okay to use that kind of language.

Thank you, Maya.

Sending courage and strength. Not that you need any extra because you are already immensely brave.

You are truly an inspirational woman Maya. Best wishes ❤

Good luck for the week Maya. Fingers crossed you get a judge who has fully taken on board the decision by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Thanks for the stand you've taken.

All the best Maya, and thank you, you wonderful woman

Saluting you, Maya. Best wishes and thank you.

May the force be with you Maya. Best of luck and thank you for being so strong and brave.