Janice Turner is a British writer and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Turner was born April 8, 1964 in Wakefield and attended University of Sussex. Turner edited several publications before freelancing as a columnist focusing on media criticism.
Anti-transgender activism
Turner joined The Times and began writing dozens anti-trans articles. Turner has supported other anti-trans extremists, including JK Rowling, Abigail Shrier, Jesse Singal, and Kathleen Stock.
References
07454-18 Belcher v The Times. Independent Press Standards Organisation https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=07454-18
Staff report (April 26, 2019). Activist loses IPSO complaint against Janice Turner column in Times about trans suicides. Press Gazette https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/activist-loses-ipso-complaint-against-janice-turner-times-column-about-trans-suicides/
Selected transphobia by Turner
Turner, Janice (February 24, 2023). Trans U-turn is belated victory for free speech: After years of all but ignoring an epidemic of gender dysphoria, The New York Times will allow journalists to report it. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-u-turn-is-belated-victory-for-free-speech-bk3jb32xg
Turner, Janice (October 28 2022). There’s more to womanhood than high heels: The idea that Eddie Izzard can flick between ‘boy mode’ and ‘girl mode’ whenever he feels like it is a self-serving travesty. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theres-more-to-womanhood-than-high-heels-nqft78d5q
Turner, Janice (September 16, 2017). The battle over gender has turned bloody: Women who believe that their rights are threatened by transgender activists now find themselves at risk of assault. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-battle-over-gender-has-turned-bloody-2wpkmnqhh
Turner, Janice (January 27 2023). There’s a better way to treat trans prisoners. Feminists have long warned of the dangers of male-bodied rapists in women’s jails and Scotland proves them right. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/theres-a-better-way-to-treat-trans-prisoners-cz939bmbk
Turner, Janice (February 10 2023). Schools fuel trans angst by sidelining parents. Teachers are happy to keep a child’s name-change secret — Gillian Keegan must end this cruel betrayal of families. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/schools-fuel-trans-angst-by-sidelining-parents-60fq85x95
Turner, Janice (November 11, 2017). Children sacrificed to appease trans lobby. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/children-sacrificed-to-appease-trans-lobby-bq0m2mm95
Turner, Janice (September 8, 2018). Trans rapists are a danger in women’s jails. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/trans-rapists-are-a-danger-in-women-s-jails-5vhgh57pt
Turner, Janice (October 20, 2018). Suicides should never be a political weapon. The Times. https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/activist-loses-ipso-complaint-against-janice-turner-times-column-about-trans-suicides/
Turner, Janice (February 21, 2020). Giving puberty blocker to ‘trans’ children is a leap into the unknown. A landmark legal review will examine claims that confused young people are being subjected to a giant medical experiment, says Janice Turner. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/giving-puberty-blocker-to-trans-children-is-a-leap-into-the-unknown-x3g37sb7f
Turner, Janice (December 14, 2022). Someone who never loses out? That’s a man. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/someone-who-never-loses-out-thats-a-man-k9djv572x
Turner, Janice (December 2, 2022). Women who can’t define a woman are sunk. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/women-who-cant-define-a-woman-are-sunk-chq8qc68n
Turner, Janice (January 20, 2023). ‘It might never happen, love’ is no basis for law. Debate over SNP’s gender self-ID bill has opened the floodgates to furious men who cannot bear to hear our opinion. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/it-might-never-happen-love-is-no-basis-for-law-kqc68cm8d
Turner, Janice (April 7, 2023). Let’s settle this toxic matter once and for all: Crucial restatement of the facts of biological sex is a challenge that Keir Starmer and Labour can’t afford to duck. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lets-settle-this-toxic-matter-once-and-for-all-k7vx5cshm
Turner, Janice (January 23, 2021). War of words risks wiping women from our language. he US has joined a growing list of countries seeking to eradicate the language of biological sex in order to appease the influential trans lobby, says Janice Turner. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/war-of-words-risks-wiping-women-from-our-language-djhp2mwjg T
Turner, Janice (December 30, 2020). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review — resisting the ‘transgender craze.’ This fearless book shows how girls’ bodies have become collateral damage in adult culture wars, says Janice Turner. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/irreversible-damage-by-abigail-shrier-review-resisting-the-transgender-craze-8mzrt3gk9
Turner, Janice (September 21, 2019). Cult of gender identity is harming children. The idea that biological sex can be ignored is now so pervasive that the BBC is peddling it to primary school pupils. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cult-of-gender-identity-is-harming-children-pjvbkjzxq
Turner, Janice (July 7, 2023). Lesbian tribunal win is good news for us all: Victory over trans charity Mermaids strikes a blow for pluralism and against the creeping tyranny of the gender lobby. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lesbian-tribunal-win-is-good-news-for-us-all-9x8kn9ngk
Turner, Janice (June 28, 2022). What went wrong at the Tavistock clinic for trans teenagers? Since 2010, the number of teenage girls referred to the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service has increased by 5,000 per cent. Now former patients and staff members are speaking out. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-went-wrong-at-the-tavistock-clinic-for-trans-teenagers-v5cfcw77n
Turner, Janice (January 28, 2022). At last, there’s a champion for women’s rights. Self-ID campaigners have grown used to getting their way but the equality commission has now drawn a line in the sand. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/at-last-theres-a-champion-for-womens-rights-mlt5s95pk
Turner, Janice (July 29, 2022). Gender clinics face scrutiny of science at last. Hilary Cass’s report vindicates the many whistleblowers who for years had raised concerns about the Tavistock Centre. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gender-clinics-face-scrutiny-of-science-at-last-q900wkrth
Turner, Janice (June 3, 2022). Civil servants are being fed gender drivel. What passes as ‘training’ on trans issues turns out to be anti-scientific nonsense with little regard for existing laws. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/civil-servants-are-being-fed-gender-drivel-kkxv6zhc2
Turner, Janice (February 14, 2023). Time to Think by Hannah Barnes review — exposing the collapse of Tavistock’s gender clinic. This dogged, brave investigation shows what happens when self-righteous ideologues capture a field of medicine. Review by Janice Turner The Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-to-think-by-hannah-barnes-review-the-inside-story-of-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-s-gender-clinic-z7wwj9rtw
Turner, Janice (May 31, 2023). We hid in a broom cupboard: my mad day at Oxford with Kathleen Stock. It took police and three security guards to get her there — but this week the gender-critical academic spoke at the Oxford Union. Janice Turner went with her. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oxford-union-kathleen-stock-trans-gender-debate-2023-zk85xm50l
Turner, Janice (November 18, 2022). Nicola Sturgeon’s gender law is another blow to women. The Scottish government’s fast-track route to self-ID fails to protect the vulnerable and is out of tune with the times. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeons-gender-law-is-another-blow-to-women-5hvglzvhb
Turner, Janice (May 14, 2016). The trans lobby peddles a pink and blue world. Being a girl who likes trucks or a boy who wears nail polish doesn’t make you gender fluid, it just makes you human. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-trans-lobby-peddles-a-pink-and-blue-world-j3kqmv8lk
Turner, Janice (November 19, 2021). Professor Kathleen Stock and the toxic gender debate. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-kathleen-stock-and-the-toxic-gender-debate-8lbp9jwl9
Turner, Janice (July 31, 2021). Be more Samoan to avoid Olympic injustice. We can learn about fairness from the islanders who have lost out since trans women were allowed to compete against females. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/be-more-samoan-to-avoid-olympic-injustice-s22rkn0rw
Turner, Janice (June 30, 2018). This gender battle is harder to solve than Brexit. Long-promised consultation on trans rights will show how fierce the arguments are and how vulnerable both sides feel. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-gender-battle-is-harder-to-solve-than-brexit-0jc0pn867
Turner, Janice (December 24, 2021). Let’s celebrate the bravery of JK Rowling. The billionaire author could easily have stayed silent in the argument over sex and gender but, like a handful of other courageous women, she refuses to deny material reality. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lets-celebrate-the-bravery-of-jk-rowling-xf2f392t7
Turner, Janice (February 11, 2022). Keir Starmer can’t keep hiding in the gender wars. Feminist Labour members who face a Maoist inquisition over their ‘lack of remorse’ finally have an ally in Tony Blair. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-cant-keep-hiding-in-the-gender-wars-ffzk2qdh6
Turner, Janice (December 12, 2022,). JK Rowling launches sex abuse centre for women only. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowling-new-service-women-sexual-violence-8k570kdt2
Turner, Janice (November 11 2017). Meet Alex Bertie, the transgender poster boy. More girls are changing their gender from female to male than ever before. And it’s YouTube star Alex Bertie’s example that they’re following. What’s behind the surge in numbers? Janice Turner investigates. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-alex-bertie-the-transgender-poster-boy-z88hgh8b8
Turner, Janice (July 29, 2017). How do you solve a problem like men in women’s changing rooms, Maria? The Tory champions plans to make gender switching a matter of ‘self-definition.’ The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-men-in-women-s-changing-rooms-maria-v3hhxmk3p