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The Guardian vs. transgender people

The Guardian is a British media organization. Their transgender coverage has been criticized for anti-trans bias.

2018 open letter

In 2018 an open letter by critics of the Gender Recognition Act included many key anti-transgender extremists. They are reordered alphabetically by surname below.

  • Sophie Allen, Lecturer in Philosophy, Keele University
  • Rosalind Barber, English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London
  • Chetan Bhatt, Professor of Human Rights, Sociology, London School of Economics
  • Michael Biggs, Associate Professor in Sociology and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford
  • Diane Brewster (Retired. ex University of Sussex and Open University)
  • Heather Brunskell-Evans, Academic, Writer and Political Commentator
  • Catherine Butler, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
  • Richard Byng, Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
  • Alex Byrne, Head of Linguistics and Philosophy Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • W Burlette Carter, Professor of Law Emeritus, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
  • Jackie Cassell, Head of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  • Clare Chambers, Reader in Philosophy, University of Cambridge
  • John Collins, Philosophy, University of East Anglia
  • Sophia Connell, Philosophy, Birkbeck College London
  • Stephen Cowden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Coventry University
  • Rosie Dias, Associate Professor, History of Art, University of Warwick
  • Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education, School of Education, University of Roehampton, London
  • Rosa Freedman PhD, LLM, LLB, Professor of Law Conflict and Global Development, Director Global Development Division, Co-Director United Nations and Global Order Research Programme, University of Reading
  • John Gardner FBA, Professor of Law and Philosophy, All Souls College, Oxford
  • Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Open University
  • Leslie Green, Philosophy of Law, Balliol College, Oxford
  • Liz Guy, School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, University of Brighton
  • Mike Hannis, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Humanities (Ethics and Sustainability), Bath Spa University
  • PM Higgins, Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London; former Professor of Music, University of Nottingham; former Käthe-Leichter Visiting Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Vienna
  • Emma Hilton, University of Manchester (honorary)
  • Sian Hindle, Senior Lecturer, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University
  • Sheila Jeffreys, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • Robert Jensen, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin [emeritus]
  • Jane Clare Jones, independent scholar
  • Julia Jordan, Department of English Language and Literature, UCL
  • Holly Lawford-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne
  • Mary Leng, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of York
  • H. Susana Marinho, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Lisbon
  • Susan Matthews, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Roehampton
  • Ruth McGinity, Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Policy, Institue of Education, UCL
  • Laura McGrath, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of East London
  • Michele Moore, Patient Safety Academy, University of Oxford
  • Maureen O’Hara, Senior Lecturer in Law, Solicitor, Coventry University
  • Kathryn Oliver, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Jo Phoenix, Chair in Criminology, The Open University
  • David Pilgrim, Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool
  • Eva Poen, Lecturer in Economics, University of Exeter
  • Rupert Read, Reader in Philosopher at UEA, and Chair of Green House
  • Kathleen Richardson, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University
  • Paul Sagar, Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London
  • Sophie Scott, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
  • Lesley Semmens, Senior Lecturer (retired), School of Computing, Leeds Beckett University
  • Holly Smith, UCL Institute of Education
  • Kathleen Stock, Philosophy, University of Sussex
  • Judith Suissa, UCL Institute of Education
  • Alice Sullivan, Sociology, University College London
  • Sian Sullivan, Centre for Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University
  • Georgia Testa, Teaching Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science, University of Leeds
  • Patrick Turner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Bath Spa University
  • Jo Waugh, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, York St John University

References

Akrivos D (2022). Transgender reporting in the British press: editorial standards and discursive harms in the post-Leveson era. Journal of Media Law Volume 14, 2022 – Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2022.2153216

Open letter (October 16, 2018). Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/16/academics-are-being-harassed-over-their-research-into-transgender-issues

Resources

The Guardian (theguardian.com)