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)