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Timandra Harkness vs. transgender people

Timandra Harkness is a writer and comedian who has some gender critical positions about transgender youth and anti-transgender activists.

Background

Harkness presents the BBC Radio 4 series, FutureProofing and How To Disagree. Harkness is author of Big Data: Does Size Matter?

In the show Brainsex, Harkness came to the correct conclusion that “brain sex” is one of many ways sex science is similar to race science: a misuse of science to justify oppression.

Anti-trans statements

Harkness has written in anti-trans publication UnHerd about supporting anti-trans activist Kathleen Stock.

Harkness also stated opposition to gender affirming healthcare for transgender youth:

I support the rights of trans people to equal treatment. I don’t support encouraging teenagers into irreversible medical interventions by telling them they’re in the “wrong body” because they don’t fit narrow gender stereotypes. So I won’t sign this letter.

References

Harkness, Timandra (October 13, 2021). The hounding of Kathleen Stock. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/10/the-hounding-of-kathleen-stock/

worldwrite (November 12, 2011). Sex in the brain: do men and women think differently? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6ygnNsH8o

Resources

Timandra Harkness (timandraharkness.com)

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