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Tim Ferriss is an American podcaster and lifestyle influencer. Although Ferriss is sometimes considered part of the intellectual dark web for having a few guests who are part of that movement, Ferriss has not engaged in anti-transgender activism.

Selected podcast guests

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Tim Ferriss (tim.blog)

Four Hour Workweek (fourhourworkweek.com)

Coleman Hughes is an American writer and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Coleman Cruz Hughes was born February 25, 1996 and grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. Hughes earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2020.

Like Glenn Loury, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and John McWhorter, Hughes has gained a reputation for criticizing progressive views and policies around race.

Anti-transgender activism

Hughes has written for several anti-trans publications, including Quillette, The Spectator, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Washington Examiner, Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, and Heterodox Academy.

Coleman hosts Conversations with Coleman, which is a major platform for other anti-transgender activists, including:

  • Chloé Valdary

References

Hughes, Coleman (May 2023). A case for color blindness. TED https://www.ted.com/talks/coleman_hughes_a_case_for_color_blindness

Resources

Coleman Hughes (colemanhughes.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Patreon (patreon.com)

IMDb (imdb.com)

“Zuby” is the stage name of Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue, a British rapper and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Nzube Olisaebuka Udezue was born on August 19, 1986. Udezue has four siblings and split time between the UK and Saudi Arabia while growing up. Udezue earned a bachelor’s degree from Oxford in 2007. Between 2006 and 2016, Udezue released several songs and albums while working as a consultant.

Podcast

In 2019, Udezue started a podcast, Real Talk with Zuby. Anti-trans guests include:

  • Mike Cernovich
  • Lauren Chen
  • Belissa Cohen and Carrie Hathorn
  • Dan Crenshaw
  • Hodge Twins
  • James O’Keefe
  • Andrew Tate

Anti-transgender activism

In 2019, Udezue performed an anti-trans stunt involving a women’s deadlifting record. Udezue claimed to have broken it while identifying as a female as a way to mock transgender athletes.

In 2020, Udezue signed a letter supporting anti-trans activist JK Rowling.

References

 Male rapper identifying as female, declares he broke female deadlift record. WQAD. 11 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020.

Urwin, Rosamund (March 3, 2019). Rapper Zuby identifies as female to smash weightlifting record. The Times. Archived 

Zuby (27 August 2019). ‘Trans women shouldn’t be allowed to compete in women’s sport.’ Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/trans-women-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-compete-in-womens-sport-11795192 [archive]

Gillespie, Nick (August 3, 2022). Zuby on self-control, personal responsibility, and trans athletes. Reason https://reason.com/video/2022/08/03/u-k-rapper-zuby-when-im-in-the-u-s-my-mind-is-blown-by-the-opportunities-here/

Resources

Zuby Music (zubymusic.com)

Team Zuby (teamzuby.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Patreon (patreon.com)

The Candy Calamity (candycalamity.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Stefan Molyneux is an Irish-born Canadian podcaster and key figure in the alt-right and the so-called intellectual dark web. Molyneux’s anti-feminist and white nationalist views have resulted in removal from many online platforms.

Podcast

Molyneux was an early adopter of social media and podcasting. Molyneux has participated in episodes with many key figures in the anti-trans movement, including Steven Crowder, Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson, Dennis Prager, Joe Rogan, and Michael Shermer.

Guests include:

  • Cordelia Fine
  • Nicholas J. Fuentes
  • Faith Goldy
  • Rebecca Hargraves / Blonde In The Belly Of The Beast
  • Stephen Hicks
  • Katie Hopkins
  • Stephen Hsu
  • Janusz Korwin-Mikke 
  • Ezra Levant
  • Phyllis Schlafly
  • Michael Shermer
  • Tommy Sotomayor
  • Lauren Southern 
  • Roger Stone

References

Jurg, Daniël; Schlüter, Maximilian; Tuters, Marc (May 17, 2023). Inside the Cult of Stefan Molyneux: A Historical Exploration of Far-Right Radicalisation on YouTube. Global Network on Extremism and Technology https://gnet-research.org/2023/05/17/inside-the-cult-of-stefan-molyneux-a-historical-exploration-of-far-right-radicalisation-on-youtube/

Resources

Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)

  • Stefan Molyneux
  • splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/stefan-molyneux

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Freedomain (freedomain.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Michael McClure is an American web developer and “autogynephilia” activist.

Background

Michael John “Mike” McClure was born in 1987, grew up in California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a music degree in 2007. McClure then held a variety of software development roles and did guest and substitute teaching in the San Francisco Bay area. McClure worked at General Assembly, Apple, Fitbit, and Foxconn, as well as contract work at several firms.

McClure is part of the “rationalist” movement associated with sites like Slate Star Codex.

The Man Who Would Be Queen

In 2004, McClure was a single-purpose shill reviewer of J. Michael Bailey’s transphobic book The Man Who Would Be Queen on Amazon.

Michael McClure

4.0 out of 5 stars

Captivating study of homosexuality and transsexuality

February 26, 2004

This book has caused quite a stir as the reviews below suggest. The subject matter is controversial, and the author’s approach–first-hand accounts and summaries of the literature–will not appeal to everyone. Despite a reliance on secondary sources, Bailey breaks new ground in this unusually lucid review of the causes of male homosexuality and transsexuality. Most arresting is his claim that there are two types of transsexuality, one related to homosexuality, the other totally different and caused by male identification with the female form. He concludes that both types of transsexuals are rooted in biology.
The book should be of interest to therapists who treat transsexuals, as well as preoperative and postoperative transsexuals seeking more information. There is also a helpful “how-to” section on the transition process from male to “female,” including surgery, hormones, etc.

McClure (2004)

References

McClure, Michael (February 26, 2004). Captivating study of homosexuality and transsexuality. Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3M1GAQHN0ZPJ5/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B004WKRP84

Resources

Michael McClure (michaeljohnmcclure.com) [archive]

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

X/Twitter (x.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

GitHub (github.com)

Note: This site erroneously attributed writing published under the pseudonym “Mark Taylor Saotome-Westlake” to McClure. Transgender Map apologizes for the error.

Julie Bindel is a British author, sex-segregationist, and anti-transgender activist. Bindel is a key historic media figure in British anti-trans activism. Bindel has written hundreds of anti-trans articles for UnHerd, The Guardian, The Critic, Daily Mail. and on a personal Substack.

Background

Julie Bindel was born on July 20, 1962 in Darlington, County Durham, England. At age 17, Bindel moved to Leeds and joined anti-pornography activist organization Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group. At the time, “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was committing serial murders in the area. Bindel described being followed one night in 1980 by someone who appeared similar to Sutcliffe.

In the late 1980s. Bindel became involved in anti-violence campaigns. In 1991, Bindel co-founded Justice for Women, which provided legal support to women who were convicted after resisting violence from men.

From the mid-1990s onward, Bindel worked as a journalist, becoming a regular columnist for The Guardian in the late 1990s. Bindel continued to write for the publication for more than two decades. During the 2000s, Bondel reported on issues including domestic violence, prostitution, trafficking, and the treatment of women in conflict zones.

Bindel has published several books, including Straight Expectations (2014), The Pimping of Prostitution (2017), and Feminism for Women (2021).

Anti-trans activism

Bindel was deeply influenced by anti-trans extremist Janice Raymond and others who frame trans women as a threat to cisgender women.

A 2004 Guardian column by Bindel titled “Gender Benders, beware” led to over 200 letters of complaint. The public pushback was a turning point in Bindel’s anti-trans activism. Bindel apologized for the tone, then began expressing anti-trans views more frequently and stridently over the ensuing decades.

When Stonewall nominated Bindel for Journalist of the Year in 2008, protesters picketed the event.

In 2020, Bindel sued British LGBTQ publication PinkNews for libel over an article on abuse within the anti-trans feminist movement. The article did not mention Bindel by name. The case was settled, and both parties released a joint statement.

During 2025 Pride Month, Bindel claimed it was now a “pride of perverts,” writing:

Women like me are sick of being lumped in with trans-identified people, with kinksters, with those that just call themselves ‘asexual’, ‘non-binary’, ‘sapiosexual’ or ‘aromantic’ – people who are never going to face oppression or discrimination for their sexuality. The Pride movement is redundant.

References

Saunders, Rachel (April 6, 2025). Julie Bindel and the rise of gender critical strife. Medium https://rejserin.medium.com/julie-bindel-and-the-rise-of-gender-critical-strife-6169708b2349

Stone, Gemma (November 28, 2021). No Julie Bindel, Trans People Aren’t To Blame For Cisgender Women’s Fears. Medium https://medium.com/@notCursedE/no-julie-bindle-trans-people-arent-to-blame-for-cisgender-women-s-fears-38cd8d8ec338

Steph (July 23, 2020). Trans Womans Response To The Spectator and Julie Bindel. TransLucent https://translucent.org.uk/a-trans-womans-response-to-the-spectator-and-julie-bindel/

Hime, Lilli (November 14, 2017). Lecture cancelled after students question Julie Bindel’s comments on transgender people. Hilltop Views https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/14748/news/lecture-cancelled-after-students-question-julie-bindels-comments-on-transgender-people/

Hines, S. (2017). The feminist frontier: on trans and feminism. Journal of Gender Studies, 28(2), 145–157. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2017.1411791

Staff report (October 4, 2015). “Transphobe” Julie Bindel banned from Free Speech debate. Mancunion https://mancunion.com/2015/10/06/transphobe-julie-bindel-banned-from-free-speech-debate/

Roberts, Scott (January 10, 2013). Guardian columnist Julie Bindel: The ‘trans cabal’ are running a witch hunt. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2013/01/10/guardian-columnist-julie-bindel-the-trans-cabal-are-running-a-witch-hunt/

Allen, Emma (June 2013). Unpacking Transphobia*. Radical Women https://radicalwomen.org/unpacking-transphobia/

Minou, C. L. (February 1, 2010). Julie Bindel’s dangerous transphobia. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/01/julie-bindel-transphobia

Rearce, Ruth (January 31, 2010). “Censoring Julie Bindel”: a response. Dr Ruth Pearce https://ruthpearce.net/2010/01/31/censoring-julie-bindel-a-response/

Grew, Tony (November 7, 2008). Celebs split over trans protest at Stonewall Awards. PinkNews https://web.archive.org/web/20110629093225/http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-9523.html

(August 3, 2007). Transgenderism – Bindel condemns, Tatchell defends. BBC & Guardian debate on the ethics of sex change surgery and hormone treatment. https://petertatchell.net/lgbt_rights/transgender/transsexualismbindelcondemns/

Burns, Christine (November 23, 2004). Transsexual People and the Press: Collected Opinions from Transsexual People Themselves. Press For Change http://pfc.org.uk/files/Transsexual_People_and_the_Press.pdf Press for Change. p. 10. [archive]

Anti-trans coverage

Strudwick, Matt (September 7, 2025). Moment women’s rights campaigner and journalist Julie Bindel is thrown out of Pride in Surrey ‘at the behest of the MP for Guildford.’ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15074465/Moment-womens-rights-campaigner-journalist-Julie-Bindel-thrown-Pride-Surrey-behest-MP-Guildford.html

Bodkin, Henry (June 25, 2022). Council axes talk by feminist writer because of her views on trans rights. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/25/council-axes-talk-feminist-writer-views-trans-rights/

Denham, Jess (September 17, 2013). Death threats force feminist campaigner out of university debate. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/death-threats-force-feminist-campaigner-out-of-university-debate-8821362.html

Mayes, Ian (February 14, 2004). A change, of course. The Guardian.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/feb/14/pressandpublishing.comment

Ardehali, Rod (October 14, 2015). ‘Stepford student’ culture threatening free speech. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/student-life/11930441/Stepford-student-culture-threatening-free-speech.html

Faye, Sean (February 19, 2016). If you don’t like no-platforming, maybe it’s you who’s the ‘special snowflake’. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/if-you-dont-like-no-platforming-maybe-its-you-whos-the-special-snowflake-a6884026.html

Selected writing by Bindel

Bindel, Julie (December 31, 2025). What a terfing year it’s been! Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/what-a-terfing-year-its-been

Bindel, Julie (December 6, 2025). Why do so many girls in Blackpool want to become boys? Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/why-do-so-many-girls-in-blackpool-a6a

Bindel, Julie (December 19, 2025). The rabbit rescue centre and the online ‘follow’ that led to a feud with the trans lobby: JULIE BINDEL. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15400737/The-rabbit-farm-online-follow-led-feud-trans-lobby-JULIE-BINDEL.html

Bindel, Julie (November 16, 2025). Trans activists still don’t understand the need for women’s refuges. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/trans-activists-still-dont-understand-the-need-for-womens-refuges/

Bindel, Julie (November 21, 2025). I was in the presence of evil: Being face-to-face in a room with Helen Webberley, the ‘Gender GP’, felt similar to the times I have interviewed rapists and murderers in prison. I was in the midst of a malign presence. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/i-was-in-the-presence-of-evil

Bindel, Julie (November 10, 2025). Will Tim Davie’s resignation be a fresh start for the BBC? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/tim-davies-resignation-is-a-fresh-start-for-the-bbc/

Bindel, Julie (November 07, 2025). Sex Change Surgery is Unnecessary Mutilation. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/sex-change-surgery-is-unnecessary-c76

Bindel, Julie (October 28, 2025). JULIE BINDEL: Allowing the Trans Taliban to hound and bully women is shameful. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15236071/JULIE-BINDEL-Allowing-Trans-Taliban-hound-bully-women-shameful.html

Bindel, Julie (October 24, 2025). GRAHAM LINEHAN: I lost wife, career & pension over trans right tweets – but I’ll defend women’s safe spaces until madness ends. The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37112341/i-lost-wife-career-pension-trans-tweets-graham-linehan/

Bindel, Julie (October 9, 2025). The Green Party’s war on women. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/10/the-green-partys-war-on-women/

Bindel, Julie (October 8, 2025). Transsexuality: I used this term in 2009 and no-one objected (to the word, I mean). Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/transsexuality-i-used-this-term-in

Bindel, Julie (September 26, 2025). John Boyne refuses to be cancelled. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/09/john-boyne-refuses-to-be-cancelled/

Bindel, Julie (September 20, 2025). You claim that Andrea Dworkin would have become a ‘trans ally’ do you? Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/you-claim-that-andrea-dworkin-would

Bindel, Julie (August 12, 2025). The bullying of John Boyne shames the Polari prizes. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-bullying-of-john-boyne-shames-the-polari-prizes/

Bindel, Julie (August 9, 2025). Has the politics of the trans movement damaged academia? Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/has-the-politics-of-the-trans-movement

Bindel, Julie (June 21, 2025). Transsexual: we used to use that word, back in the day. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/transsexual-we-used-to-use-that-word

Bindel, Julie (June 30, 2025). Meet Ireland’s gender rebels. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/06/meet-irelands-gender-rebels/

Bindel, Julie (May 29, 2025). Robert Wintemute: The Professor of Human Rights Law did an about turn when he realised ‘trans rights’ eroded the rights of women and girls. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/robert-wintemute

Bindel, Julie (April 16, 2025). JULIE BINDEL: Shame on the liberals who jumped aboard the trans bandwagon in a cruel betrayal of women and our rights. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14619959/JULIE-BINDEL-Shame-liberals-jumped-aboard-trans-bandwagon-cruel-betrayal-women-rights.html

Bindel, Julie (January 6, 2025). What I learned at Terf School. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/01/what-i-learned-at-terf-school/

Bindel, Julie (December 10, 2024). The downfall of PinkNews was a long time coming. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-downfall-of-pinknews-was-a-long-time-coming/

Bindel, Julie (November 28, 2024). Supreme Court puzzles over definition of ‘woman.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/supreme-court-puzzles-over-definition-of-woman/

Bindel, Julie (November 18, 2024). Police did nothing when I reported yobs attacking cars with a crowbar. But TWO turned up on my doorstep over my tweet, reveals JULIE BINDEL. It’s state harassment and I know who is to blame… Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14097445/julie-bindel-police-yobs-crowbar-doorstep-tweet-state-harassment.html

Bindel, Julie (November 14, 2024). Gender: A Luxury Belief. The decadence of transgerism [sic]. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/gender-a-luxury-belief

Bindel, Julie (October 24, 2024). How intersectionality killed feminism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/10/how-intersectionality-killed-feminism/

Bindel, Julie (September 16, 2024). Journeys in Genderland. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/journeys-in-genderland/

Bindel, Julie (June 8, 2024). Why Scotland’s ‘witches’ fought back. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/06/why-scotlands-witches-fought-back/

Bindel, Julie (April 11, 2024). The Cass Report’s cowardly converts. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/04/the-cass-reports-cowardly-converts/

Bindel, Julie (April 1, 2024). Twenty years a Terf. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2024/04/twenty-years-a-terf/

Bindel, Julie (February 8, 2024). Twenty years a target of the trans cabal. Julie Bindel’s writing and podcasts https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/twenty-years-a-target-of-the-trans

Bindel, Julie (December 9, 2023). Nicola Sturgeon’s latest humiliation. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/12/nicola-sturgeons-latest-humiliation/

Bindel, Julie (October 12, 2023). Trans activists fail to shut down another feminist event. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-did-trans-activists-try-to-shut-down-my-feminist-event/

Bindel, Julie (September 4, 2023). The desperate plight of trans widows. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/09/the-fate-of-indias-trans-widows/

Bindel, Julie (June 24, 2023). Trans-corporate. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/trans-corporate/

Bindel, Julie (June 6, 2023). ‘I was hounded out of Oxfam over JK Rowling’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/06/i-quit-oxfam-over-jk-rowling/

Bindel, Julie (May 30, 2023). ‘I will never call my rapist father a woman.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/i-will-never-call-my-rapist-father-a-woman/

Bindel, Julie (May 17, 2023). Why is Canada betraying women? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/05/why-is-canada-betraying-women/

Bindel, Julie (April 26, 2023). Buck Angel: ‘We never denied our biology.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/04/buck-angel-we-never-denied-our-biology/

Bindel, Julie (April 20, 2023 Did City Uni censor my gender research? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/04/did-city-uni-censor-my-gender-research/

Bindel, Julie (March 10, 2023). The Lesbian Project has begun. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/03/the-lesbian-project-has-begun/

Bindel, Julie (December 12, 2022). JK Rowling works her magic again. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/12/jk-rowling-works-her-magic-again/

Bindel, Julie (November 30, 2022). Why do women’s spaces still need defending? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/11/why-do-womens-spaces-still-need-defending/

Bindel, Julie (October 14, 2022). Even Eddie Izzard’s fans aren’t convinced. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/even-eddie-izzards-fans-arent-convinced/

Bindel, Julie (October 10, 2022). The toppling of the trans extremists. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/10/the-toppling-of-the-trans-extremists/

Bindel, Julie (October 5, 2022). Mermaids is endangering children. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/10/mermaids-is-endangering-children/

Bindel, Julie (September 27, 2022). Sorry Sussex Police, but sex is relevant to sex crimes. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/sorry-sussex-police-but-sex-is-relevant-to-sex-crimes/

Bindel, Julie (September 21, 2022). Mermaids is a threat to gay rights. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/09/mermaids-is-a-threat-to-gay-rights/

Bindel, Julie (September 15, 2022). Scotland’s Tavistock must fall. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/09/scotlands-tavistock-must-fall/

Bindel, Julie (September 7, 2022). ‘Woman’ erased from Minister for Equalities job title. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/woman-erased-from-minister-for-equalities-job-title/

Bindel, Julie (August 11, 2022). Who will put an end to gender ID witch-hunts? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/who-will-put-an-end-to-gender-id-witch-hunts/

Bindel, Julie (July 28, 2022). Good riddance to the Tavistock Clinic. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/good-riddance-to-the-tavistock-clinic/

Bindel, Julie (July 28, 2022). How Allison Bailey crushed Stonewall. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/07/how-allison-bailey-crushed-stonewall/

Bindel, Julie (July 25, 2022). Stonewall thinks two-year-olds can be trans. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/stonewall-thinks-two-year-olds-can-be-trans/

Bindel, Julie (June 26, 2022). Nottingham City Council listens to activists, not women. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/nottingham-city-council-listens-to-activists-not-women/

Bindel, Julie (June 23, 2022). It’s time to say goodbye to the LGBTQ+ flag. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/its-time-to-say-goodbye-to-the-lgbtq-flag/

Bindel, Julie (June 21, 2022). BBC admits error on trans guest Fallon Fox. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/bbc-admits-error-on-trans-guest-fallon-fox/

Bindel, Julie (June 7, 2022). I was hounded out of school for ‘transphobia.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/06/i-was-hounded-out-of-school-for-transphobia/

Bindel, Julie (May 27, 2022). New York is betraying rape victims. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/05/new-york-is-betraying-rape-victims/

Bindel, Julie (May 25, 2022). QC compares lesbians refusing sex with transwomen to apartheid. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/qc-compares-lesbians-refusing-sex-with-transwomen-to-apartheid/

Bindel, Julie (April 22, 2022). JULIE BINDEL: What the new book fantasising about the death of JK Rowling tells us about the sickening hypocrisy of publishers today. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10745141/JULIE-BINDEL-book-fantasising-Rowlings-death-tells-publishers.html

Bindel, Julie (April 21, 2022). Trans activists come for the LGB Alliance. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/trans-activists-come-for-the-lgb-alliance/

Bindel, Julie (April 14, 2022). JK Rowling and the lunch of secrets. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/04/jk-rowling-and-the-lunch-of-secrets/

Bindel, Julie (April 13, 2022). Beware of trans affirmation therapy. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/beware-of-trans-affirmation-therapy/

Bindel, Julie (April 11, 2022). The corruption of the feminist library. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/04/the-corruption-of-the-feminist-library/

Bindel, Julie (March 21, 2022). How gender self-ID is being abused. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/03/how-gender-self-id-is-being-abused/

Bindel, Julie (March 17, 2022). Why York University de-platformed me. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-york-university-de-platformed-me/

Bindel, Julie (March 16, 2022). Why is prostitution being pushed on young trans people? The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/why-is-prostitution-being-pushed-on-young-trans-people/

Bindel, Julie (February 10, 2022). Ceramicist de-platformed for being a ‘SWERF.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/ceramicist-de-platformed-for-being-a-swerf/

Bindel, Julie (January 13, 2022). Sexists in gay armour. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/sexists-in-gay-armour/

Bindel, Julie (December 19, 2021). The Scout Association apologises to Maya Forstater over ‘misgendering.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/scout-association-apologises-to-maya-forstater/

Bindel, Julie (November 27, 2021). Women are being sold down the river – by charities terrified of the trans mob, writes JULIE BINDEL, co-founder of Justice for Women. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10249631/Women-sold-river-charities-terrified-trans-mob-writes-JULIE-BINDEL.html

Bindel, Julie (November 26, 2021). Janice Raymond: the original Terf. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/11/meet-the-original-terf/

Bindel, Julie (November 23, 2021). The sinister stunt against JK Rowling. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-sinister-stunt-against-jk-rowling/

Bindel, Julie (November 20, 2021). Why I sued PinkNews. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/11/why-i-sued-pinknews/

Bindel, Julie (November 10, 2021). Protect the female estate. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/protect-the-female-estate/

Bindel, Julie (November 10, 2021). The BBC finally dumps Stonewall. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-bbc-finally-dumps-stonewall/

Bindel, Julie (November 4, 2021). Kathleen Stock: I won’t be silenced. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/11/kathleen-stock-i-wont-be-silenced/

Bindel, Julie (October 28, 2021). The return of lesbian pride. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/10/the-return-of-lesbian-pride/

Bindel, Julie (October 16, 2021). The misogyny of trans activists. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-misogyny-of-trans-activists/

Bindel, Julie (October 15, 2021). Trans activism’s war on solidarity. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/10/trans-activisms-war-on-solidarity/

Bindel, Julie (September 8, 2021). No Judith Butler, gender-critical feminists aren’t ‘fascists.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/no-judith-butler-gender-critical-feminists-arent-fascists/

Bindel, Julie (August 11, 2021). The University of Essex abandons its faculty to ideologues. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-university-of-essex-abandons-its-faculty-to-ideologues/

Bindel, Julie (August 3, 2021). ‘Preferred pronouns’ are a form of sexist bullying. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/preferred-pronouns-are-a-form-of-sexist-bullying/

Bindel, Julie (July 23, 2021). You can’t silence a feminist. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/07/you-cant-silence-a-feminist/

Bindel, Julie (June 17, 2021). The Fawcett Society has let women down. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-fawcett-society-has-let-women-down/

Bindel, Julie (June 4, 2021). Universities have destroyed feminism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/06/universities-have-destroyed-feminism/

Bindel, Julie (March 9, 2021). The Miller case exposes the tyranny of trans activism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-miller-case-exposes-the-tyranny-of-trans-activism/

Bindel, Julie (February 9, 2021). Why is gender studies promoting anti-women literature? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-is-gender-studies-promoting-anti-women-literature/

Bindel, Julie (October 21, 2020). Why won’t the BBC stand up for feminism? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-wont-the-bbc-stand-up-for-feminism/

Bindel, Julie (October 12, 2020). Feminism’s dangerous new allies. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/10/feminisms-dangerous-new-allies/

Bindel, Julie (October 2, 2020). End the silence on gender identity services. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/end-the-silence-on-gender-identify-services/

Bindel, Julie (September 23, 2020). Why women suffer most from cancel culture. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-women-suffer-most-from-cancel-culture/

Bindel, Julie (August 26, 2020). Stop searching for the ‘gay gene.’ UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/08/stop-searching-for-the-gay-gene/

Bindel, Julie (August 25, 2020). Yet another feminist burned at the stake. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/yet-another-feminist-burned-at-the-stake/

Bindel, Julie (August 11, 2020). Emma Watson, accidental Thatcherite. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/emma-watsons-neoliberal-nonsense/

Bindel, Julie (May 11, 2020). Why are we placing high-risk trans sex offenders in women’s prisons? UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-are-we-placing-trans-sex-offenders-in-womens-prisons/

Bindel, Julie (April 21, 2020). Don’t let the word ‘lesbian’ go out of fashion. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/lets-not-let-the-word-lesbian-go-out-of-fashion/

Bindel, Julie (April 3, 2020). The Orban decree is scary — but it’s about more than trans rights. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-orban-decree-is-scary-but-its-about-more-than-trans-rights/

Bindel, Julie (March 19, 2020). The appalling treatment of Suzanne Moore. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-appalling-treatment-of-suzanne-moore/

Bindel, Julie (February 28, 2020). Feminism’s job is far from finished. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/02/feminisms-job-is-far-from-finished/

Bindel, Julie (December 20, 2019). What if you regret transitioning? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/12/the-nhs-is-failing-trans-kids/

Bindel, Julie (October 18, 2019). Don’t you dare ask my pronouns. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/10/dont-you-dare-ask-my-pronouns/

Bindel, Julie (April 16, 2019). The birth of the transsexual empire. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/04/the-transsexual-empire/

Bindel, Julie (March 20, 2019). How transgender turf wars put lives in danger. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2019/03/how-transgender-turf-wars-put-lives-in-danger/

Bindel, Julie (December 21, 2018). What does gender have to do with genitals? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/12/what-does-gender-have-to-do-with-genitals/

Bindel, Julie (October 24, 2018). Why woke keyboard warriors should respect their elders. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/10/woke-keyboard-warriors-respect-elders/

Bindel, Julie (October 10, 2018). Why the transbullies are a threat to us all. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/10/why-the-transbullies-are-a-threat-to-us-all/

Bindel, Julie (September 10, 2018). The Left has forgotten what feminism looks like. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/09/left-forgotten-feminism-looks-like/

Bindel, Julie (August 2, 2018). What’s wrong with these closed-minded snowflakes? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/08/whats-wrong-closed-minded-snowflakes/

Bindel, Julie (June 27, 2018). Who let the thought police invade our universities? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/06/let-thought-police-invade-universities/

Bindel, Julie (March 19, 2018). Why you can’t rely on the news media to understand… trans issues. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2018/03/cant-rely-news-media-understand-trans-issues/

Bindel, Julie (November 8, 2008). It’s not me. It’s you. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/nov/08/lesbianism

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Bindel, Julie (August 1, 2007). My trans mission. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/01/mytransmission

Bindel, Julie (March 14, 2007). An end to gender. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/mar/14/juliebindel

Bindel, Julie (January 31, 2004). Gender benders, beware. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/31/gender.weekend7

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Julie Bindel with Linda Riley (May 20, 2025). Does Linda Riley, former owner of Diva Magazine, REALLY believe in gender ideology? https://juliebindel.substack.com/p/does-linda-riley-former-owner-of

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Andrew Sullivan is a conservative gay cultural critic and anti-transgender extremist. The Advocate noted that Sullivan “represents everything wrong with the gay rights movement.”

Sullivan is an LGB separatist who subscribes to the “gay erasure” conspiracy theory that healthcare for trans and gender diverse youth is a plan to eliminate gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.

Sullivan says Catholic upbringing and values inform this conservatism. Sullivan’s gender critical views include:

  • Criticizing legal protections based on gender identity
  • Criticizing affirmative care for gender diverse youth
  • Promoting the ex-transgender movement
  • Stating that trans youth should wait until 16 for health services
  • Citing anti-trans research like Lisa Littman’s “rapid onset gender dysphoria“

Sullivan believes that “Stonewall was the downfall of the gay movement” and that “the gay movement was hijacked in the seventies” by activists.

Sullivan is a board member of anti-trans group Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism.

Background

In 1986, Sullivan took a role at The New Republic, rising to editor in 1991 before being fired in 1996. Sullivan’s 1989 article “Here Comes the Groom” is frequently cited as an important moment in shifting conservative opinion on marriage equality.

Sullivan wrote for The New York Times Magazine from 1998 until getting fired in 2002. During that time Sullivan started a blog called The Dish that ran until 2015. From 2016 to 2020 Sullivan wrote for New York magazine, then moved to Substack.

Anti-trans activism

Sullivan frequently appears in the media to attack trans people, especially gender diverse children.

Sullivan has collaborated with anti-trans activists, including Katie Herzog, Megyn Kelly, Bill Maher, Konstantin Kisin, and Francis Foster.

Podcast

In October 2020, Sullivan began the Dishcast, which has hosted many anti-trans activists, including David Frum, Michelle Goldberg, Rod Dreher, Eric Kaufmann, Lionel Shriver, Nellie Bowles, Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, Abigail Shrier, Carole Hooven, Pamela Paul, Leor Sapir, Vivek Ramaswamy, Hannah Barnes, Nicholas Wade, Ben Appel, Matt Taibbi, Glen Loury, Louise Perry, David French, Douglas Murray, Bari Weiss, Jonathan Haidt, Kathleen Stock, Christopher Rufo, Michael Shellenberger, Ann Coulter, Steven Pinker, Ross Douthat, Wesley Yang, Katie Herzog, Charles Murray, Niall Ferguson, Julie Bindel, Emily Yoffe, Sally Satel, Glenn Greenwald, Kmele Foster, Caitlin Flanagan, Meghan Daum, Matt Yglesias, and Coleman Hughes.

Sullivan has also hosted conservative trans activist Buck Angel, ex-trans activist Helena Kerschner, and centrist trans activists Mara Keisling and Dana Beyer.

References

Reis, Elizabeth (July 16, 2025). Our Bodies, Our Decisions: A Response to Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay. Nursing Clio https://nursingclio.org/2025/07/16/our-bodies-our-decisions-a-response-to-andrew-sullivans-nyt-essay/

Lieberman, Tucker (Jul 6, 2025). 15 Ways Andrew Sullivan’s NYT Essay Undermines Trans Adults. Medium https://tuckerlieberman.medium.com/15-ways-andrew-sullivan-nyt-trans-adults-ed903b683611

Bianco, Marcie (July 2, 2025). Andrew Sullivan represents everything wrong with the gay rights movement. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/voices/andrew-sullivan-everything-wrong

Urquhart, Evan (June 26, 2025). NYT Publishes Andrew Sullivan’s Incoherent Mishmash of Anti-Trans Politics. Assigned Media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-york-times-andrew-sullivan-incoherant-anti-trans-politics

Brantley, Will [editor] (2024). Conversations with Sarah Schulman. University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1-4968-4836-9 https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.10782311.10

Finke, Leigh (April 28, 2021). From Andrew Sullivan to Terry Schilling: Framing Transition as Evil. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/4/28/andrew-sullivan-terry-schilling-framing-transition-evil

Marr, Rhuaridh (December 30, 2020). Gay conservative Andrew Sullivan complains about lesbians ‘becoming men’ in anti-trans column. Sullivan’s complaints about lesbian women not tending to him while sick led to confusion on Twitter. Metro Weekly https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/12/gay-conservative-andrew-sullivan-complains-about-lesbians-becoming-men-in-anti-trans-column/

Schindler, Paul (February 1, 2018). The Trouble With Andrew Sullivan. Gay City News https://gaycitynews.com/the-trouble-with-andrew-sullivan/

Belonsky, Andrew (October 12, 2007). Andrew Sullivan Supports Barney Frank. Queerty http://www.queerty.com/andrew-sullivan-supports-barney-frank-20071012/

Anti-trans coverage

Coyne, Jerry (June 26, 2025). An important article by Andrew Sullivan. Why Evolution Is True https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/06/26/an-important-article-by-andrew-sullivan/

Hays, Gabriel (June 26, 2025). Gay journalist says LGBTQ movement has gone from civil rights success to ‘madness.’ Fox News https://nypost.com/2025/06/26/us-news/gay-journalist-says-lgbtq-movement-has-gone-from-civil-rights-success-to-madness/

Selected writing by Sullivan

Sullivan, Andrew (June 26, 2025). How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/gay-lesbian-trans-rights.html alt headline: Gay People Won. So Why Does It Feel As if We’re Losing?

Sullivan, Andrew (October 18, 2024). Rachel Levine Must Resign. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/rachel-levine-must-resign

Sullivan, Andrew (April 12, 2024). Will Big Trans Be Held To Account? The Cass Report has definitively destroyed their case for child sex-changes. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/will-big-trans-be-held-to-account-3ad

Sullivan, Andrew (March 15, 2024). The Transqueers Take The Mask Off: Judith Butler and Andrea Long Chu explain their gender revolution. It’s wild! Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-transqueers-take-the-mask-off-f7c

Sullivan, Andrew (February 2, 2024). The Meaningless Incoherence Of “LGBTQ+.” Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-meaningless-incoherence-of-lgbtq-d47

Sullivan, Andrew (June 23, 2023). Gay Rights And The Limits Of Liberalism. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/gay-rights-and-the-limits-of-liberalism-be4

Sullivan, Andrew (May 19, 2023). The Queers Versus The Homosexuals. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-queers-versus-the-homosexuals-cfd

Sullivan, Andrew (March 24, 2023). Culture War Politics And The English Language. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/culture-war-politics-and-the-english-706

Sullivan, Andrew (April 8, 2022). Who Is Looking Out For Gay Kids? Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/who-is-looking-out-for-gay-kids-a19

Sullivan, Andrew (February 18, 2022). The Backlash Against Trans Extremism. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-backlash-against-trans-extremism

Sullivan, Andrew (February 18, 2022). The Trans Movement Is Not About Rights Anymore. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-trans-movement-is-not-about-rights-67e

Sullivan, Andrew (October 8, 2021). Dave Chappelle Is Right, Isn’t He? The comedian defends reality. Which is currently under siege. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dave-chappelle-is-right-isnt-he-b23

Sullivan, Andrew (April 9, 2021). A Truce Proposal in the Trans Wars. Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/a-truce-proposal-in-the-trans-wars-c49

Ring, Trudy (July 15, 2020). Right-Leaning Out Journalists Bari Weiss, Andrew Sullivan Leave Posts. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/7/15/right-leaning-out-journalists-bari-weiss-andrew-sullivan-leave-posts

Sullivan, Andrew (November 1, 2019). The Hard Questions About Young People and Gender Transitions. Intelligencer http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/andrew-sullivan-hard-questions-gender-transitions-for-young.html

Sullivan, Andrew (September 20, 2019). When the Ideologues Come for the Kids. Intelligencer https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/andrew-sullivan-when-the-ideologues-come-for-the-kids.html

Sullivan, Andrew (February 1, 2019). The Nature of Sex. Intelligencer https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/andrew-sullivan-the-nature-of-sex.html

Ennis, Dawn (January 28, 2015). Andrew Sullivan Says Goodbye to the Blogosphere. The Advocate https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2015/01/28/andrew-sullivan-says-goodbye-blogosphere

Sullivan, Andrew (June 2, 2014). Engaging The T. The Dish https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/threads/engaging-the-t/

Kornbluth, Jesse (April 11, 2011). Profile of Andrew Sullivan, blogger supreme. Harvard Magazine https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2011/04/worlds-best-blogger

Sullivan, Andrew (August 28, 1989). Here Comes The Groom: A (conservative) case for gay marriage. The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/79054/here-comes-the-groom

Media

The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan and Brianna Wu (December 27, 2024). Brianna Wu On Trans Life. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/brianna-wu-on-trans-life

Club Random with Bill Maher and Andrew Sullivan (March 2, 2023). Why Being Gay is now considered Bigoted w/ Andrew Sullivan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Gf3RRGDM0

Megyn Kelly and Andrew Sullivan (October 10, 2022). The Lies of “Gender Affirming Care” Grow More Extreme, with Andrew Sullivan. The Megyn Kelly Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c87CuvD5j24

TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster, and Andrew Sullivan (June 29, 2022) Andrew Sullivan: “Leave Kids the F*ck Alone!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8f_f-lhuUw

Real Time with Bill Maher, Katie Herzog, Andrew Sullivan, and Christine Emba (June 24, 2022). Overtime: Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog, Christine Emba | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QITC__mV4

Andrew Sullivan with Mara Keisling (February 26, 2021). Mara Keisling On The Trans Debate. https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/mara-keisling-on-the-trans-debate

Andrew Sullivan with Dana Beyer (November 27, 2020). Dana Beyer On Her Trans Victories, The Science Of Sex, And The Tensions Within “LGBTQ.” Substack https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dana-beyer-on-her-trans-victories

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David Rubin is an American marketing executive. Rubin was responsible for communications at the New York Times during its sharp increase in anti-transgender coverage in the 2020s.

No transgender journalist has appeared on the New York Times masthead since its founding in 1851.

Note: for the “intellectual dark web” media figure, see Dave Rubin.

Background

Rubin earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale in 1993 and an MBA from Wharton in 1999.

Rubin joined Unilever in 1999, rising to vice president for its US hair brands. Rubin joined Pinterest in 2014 but left 18 months later.

Rubin joined the Times in 2016 and is responsible for communications, enterprise-wide brand strategy, creative, and media, as well as audience definition, strategy and targets.

References

Reilly, Patrick (February 15, 2023). New York Times accused of ‘editorial bias’ in coverage of transgender issues. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/02/15/new-york-times-blasted-for-editorial-bias-in-transgender-coverage/

Bolies, Corbin (March 7, 2023). The New York Times’ Trans Coverage Debacle Was Years in the Making. The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-new-york-times-trans-coverage-debacle-was-years-in-the-making

Bolies, Corbin; Cartwright, Lachlan (February 16, 2023). New York Times blasts staffers who condemned paper’s trans coverage. The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-times-blast-staffers-who-condemned-papers-trans-coverage

Eckert, AJ. What the New York Times gets wrong about puberty blockers for transgender youth. Science-Based Medicine https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/what-the-new-york-times-gets-wrong-about-puberty-blockers-for-transgender-youth/

USPATH and WPATH respond to NY Times article “They Paused Puberty, But Is There a Cost? published on November 14, 2022 (PDF). https://www.wpath.org/media/cms/Documents/Public%20Policies/2022/USPATHWPATH%20Statement%20re%20Nov%2014%202022%20NYT%20Article%20Nov%2022%202022.pdf

Urquhart, Evan (November 17, 2022). The NYT’s big piece on puberty blockers mucked up the most important point about them. Slate https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/puberty-blockers-side-effects-controversy.html

Oladipo, Gloria (February 18, 2023). Nearly 1,000 contributors protest New York Times’ coverage of trans people. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/17/new-york-times-contributors-open-letter-protest-anti-trans-coverage

Migdon, Brooke (February 15, 2023). NYT contributors blast paper’s coverage of transgender people. The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3859501-nyt-contributors-blast-papers-coverage-of-transgender-people/

Yurcaba, Jo (February 16, 2023). N.Y. Times contributors and LGBTQ advocates send open letters criticizing paper’s trans coverage. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/ny-contributors-lgbtq-advocates-send-open-letters-criticizing-papers-t-rcna70800

Paul, Larisha (February 15, 2023). Gabrielle Union, Tommy Dorfman, more accuse NYT of ‘Harmful’ coverage of trans people. Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/new-york-times-coverage-of-trans-people-open-letter-1234680299/

Kalish, Lil. These New York Times contributors say the paper’s coverage of gender issues is hurting trans people. BuzzFeed News. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lilkalish/trans-writers-open-letter-nyt-biased-coverage

Hays, Gabriel (February 15, 2023). Celebs rip into New York Times for ‘irresponsible’ transgender coverage: Demand end to ‘both sides’ focus. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/media/celebs-rip-new-york-times-irresponsible-transgender-coverage-demand-end-both-sides-focus

Dunlap, David W. (June 19, 2017). How The Times gave ‘gay’ its own voice (again). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

Klein, Charlotte (February 15, 2023). Nearly 200 New York Times contributors are denouncing the paper’s anti-trans coverage. Vanity Fair. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-trans-coverage

Davies, Rachel (February 16, 2023). The NYT knew what it was doing with its ‘Defense of J.K. Rowling’. The Mary Sue. https://www.themarysue.com/the-nyt-knew-what-it-was-doing-with-its-defense-of-j-k-rowling/

Warrington, James (February 16, 2023). How the New York Times was engulfed by a trans culture war. The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/02/15/new-york-times-accused-writers-anti-trans-bigotry/

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Graham Linehan is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender extremist. Linehan is associated with anti-trans hate group Genspect and has become one of the most prominent and strident anti-trans activists in history.

Background

Linehan was born on May 22, 1968 in Dublin. Linehan’s initial career was as a comedy writer. Linehan helped create and write on shows including Father Ted, Black Books, The IT Crowd, Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye, and The Fast Show.

Linehan was married to writer Helen Serafinowicz from 2004 to 2020. They have two children.

Anti-transgender activism

Linehan became an anti-transgender activist after the 2008 The IT Crowd episode “The Speech” was criticized as transphobic. Channel 4 pulled the episode from their streaming service in 2020, infuriating Linehan.

Linehan’s subsequent fixation on trans people led to the end of both Linehan’s comedy career and marriage. A review of Linehan’s 2023 book Tough Crowd summarizes “the extremity of Linehan’s rhetoric”:

In my view, and that of his critics, some of his online remarks have been plainly and unapologetically transphobic: Linehan has characterised the trans rights movement as “paedophilic” and called trans activists and allies “groomers”. It’s true enough that his former life is in tatters: the controversies led to the end of his marriage, the abandonment of a planned, lucrative Father Ted musical, and his agent dropping him.

[…] Often, Linehan paints trans women as predators, men looking to insinuate themselves into women’s spaces in order to assault them with greater ease. When convenient, they are made out to be victims, brainwashed and exploited young queer people who are convinced to “mutilate” their bodies in the name of ideology. 

[…] To an extent, the book’s very existence disputes the pretence of Linehan to have been deplatformed. If Linehan had siloed his anti-trans views somewhat, rather than warp them into a life-consuming vocation, his once-glittering TV career might well have remained intact to this day.

In 2018, Linehan received a verbal warning from police following a dispute with Stephanie Hayden, a trans woman who sued Linehan for defamation.

In April 2025 Linehan was charged with harassment and criminal damage following a 2024 confrontation with Sophia Brooks, a 17-year-old transgender activist whose phone was reportedly damaged by Linehan, Linehan pleaded not guilty and was released on bail on the condition Linehan not contact Brooks. Linehan was cleared of the harassment charge and was ordered to pay a fine over the broken phone.

In September 2025, Linehan was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence after encouraging followers on X to assault trans women they find in sex-segregated spaces.

The Mess We’re In podcast

Linehan started an interview show in 2020 that frequently has conservative, ex-trans, and anti-transgender guests.

For the full episode list with guests, see The Mess We’re In.

References

Staff report (October 25, 2025). Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but guilty of damaging phone. BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrj4520rrwo

Melley, Brian (October 20, 2025). TV writer Graham Linehan won’t face charges for transgender post that sparked UK debate. AP News https://apnews.com/article/graham-linehan-father-ted-transgender-posts-arrest-bbf936f63a152c3abe162198084f546b

Riedel, Samantha (September 4, 2025). Father Ted‘s Graham Linehan in Court For “Harassing” Trans Teen Days After Arrest Over Transphobia. them https://www.them.us/story/graham-linehan-transphobia-anti-trans-arrest-court

Stff report (September 2, 2025). TV writer Graham Linehan’s arrest over transgender posts sparks free speech outcry in the UK. AP News https://apnews.com/article/graham-linehan-father-ted-x-posts-arrest-b5728b93a1e5b3b0d833c3321c8ea51d

Chilton, Louis (October 13. 2023). The problems with Graham Linehan’s memoir Tough Crowd. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/graham-linehan-tough-crowd-book-trans-b2428578.html

Williamson, Harriet (April 16, 2023). Anti-trans mouthpiece Graham Linehan suspended from Twitter…again. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/16/anti-trans-graham-linehan-suspended-twitter-again/

Burrows, Marc (December 30, 2022). Opinion: Why do people like Graham Linehan keep choosing this hill to die on? The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/graham-linehan-twitter-trans-rights-b2253532.html

Wakefield, Lily (1 October 2022). Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan says he’s no longer sure about COVID vaccines or climate change. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/01/graham-linehan-covid-transphobia-climate-change/

Crellin, Zac (April 19, 2022). Father Ted creator rallies global support for Katherine Deves and her anti-trans comments. The New Daily https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/federal-election-2022/2022/04/19/katherine-deves-graham-linehan-trans/

Dodds, Io; Woodward, Alex (April 14, 2022). The GOP ‘grooming’ smear is sparking a new wave of anti-LGBT+ violence. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/republicans-disney-groomer-harassment-lgbt-people-b2058272.html

Rose, Anna (March 25, 2022). ‘Father Ted’ musical axed following Graham Linehan’s controversial views. NME https://www.nme.com/news/tv/father-ted-musical-axed-following-graham-linehans-controversial-views-3190721

Dalwood, Charlotte (January 6, 2022). The alt-internet of anti-trans activists. rabble.ca. [archive]

Moore, Sam (October 25, 2021). Matt Berry comments on ‘transphobic’ IT Crowd episode. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/matt-berry-transphobic-it-crowd-episode-b1944874.html

Berlatsky, Noah (April 20, 2021). Harassers Use Substack Sign-Ups to Spam Trans People and Allies. The Observer https://observer.com/2021/04/substack-transphobia-email-sign-ups-harassment/

Clute, Emily (April 18, 2021). The IT Crowd: The Controversial Episode that Killed the Hit Comedy Series. Screenrant https://screenrant.com/it-crowd-controversy-graham-linehan-april-transphobic-bad/

Kelleher, Patrick (21 February 2021). Graham Linehan joined a queer women’s dating app to share trans people’s profiles. It backfired, badly. PinkNews [archive]

Wakefield, Lily (December 3, 2020). Disgraced comedy writer Graham Linehan boasts he’s back on Twitter with a ‘new sim card’ after being kicked off for a second time. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/03/graham-linehan-twitter-new-account-transphobia-sim-card-ban-hateful-conduct/

Wakefield, Lily (December 1, 2020). Disgraced comedy writer Graham Linehan, booted from Twitter for hateful conduct, returns with fake ‘trans guy’ account. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/01/graham-linehan-twitter-scarlysimon-trans-rights-sock-account-colm-ogorman/

Krol, Charlotte (October 9, 2020). Channel 4 pulls IT Crowd episode over transphobic content. NME https://www.nme.com/news/tv/channel-4-pulls-it-crowd-episode-over-transphobic-content-2778346

Horbury, Ezra; Yao, Christine (1 August 2020). Empire and Eugenics: Trans Studies in the UK. Transgender Studies Quarterly. 3 (7): 445–454. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-8553104

Andrews, Penny (2020). Choose your fighter: Loyalty and fandom in the free speech culture wars. Manchester University Press, ISBN 978-1-5261-5255-8

Burns, Katelyn (December 19, 2019). J. K. Rowling’s transphobia is a product of British culture. Vox https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/12/19/21029874/jk-rowling-transgender-tweet-terf

Wakefield, Lily (June 12, 2019). NSPCC employee who hired Munroe Bergdorf gets homophobic abuse. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/12/nspcc-employee-hired-munroe-bergdorf-homophobic-abuse/

Staff report (January 22, 2019). Gamer Hbomberguy hands funding row charity Donkey Kong boost. BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-46961883

Asarch, Steven (January 20, 2019). Twitch stream pulls in $250,000 for Mermaids charity featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Owen Jones and more. Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/twitch-stream-pulls-250000-mermaids-charity-featuring-alexandria-ocasio-1298710

Duffy, Nick (October 11, 2018). Father Ted writer Graham Linehan compares trans activism to Nazism. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/12/11/father-ted-graham-linehan-trans-nazis/

Staff report (October 7, 2018). Father Ted writer given harassment warning. BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45777689

Gentleman, Amelia (October 19, 2015). How heartbreak led Helen and Graham Linehan to campaign for abortion in Ireland. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/19/graham-helen-linehan-ireland-abortion-amnesty-international

Gabbatiss, Josh (July 7, 2018). London Pride: Anti-trans activists disrupt parade by lying down in the street to protest ‘lesbian erasure.’ The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-trans-protest-london-pride-parade-lgbt-gay-2018-march-lesbian-gay-rights-a8436506.html

Jones, Alice (May 30, 2015). Inside the comic world of Peter Serafinowicz: The spoof video master is heading to Hollywood. The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/inside-the-comic-world-of-peter-serafinowicz-the-spoof-video-master-is-heading-to-hollywood-10279558.html

Edemariam, Aida (June 11, 2011). The Saturday Interview: Graham Linehan. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jun/11/the-saturday-interview-graham-linehan

Anti-trans coverage

Boffey, Daniel (September 3, 2025). How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/03/how-graham-linehan-gender-activism-led-to-comedian-career-and-personal-armageddon

Brown, Lee (March 17, 2023). ‘Father Ted’ creator Graham Linehan blames trans war for ending his marriage. New York Post https://nypost.com/2023/03/17/father-ted-creator-trans-war-left-me-broke-and-single/

McGowan, Michael (April 14, 2022). NSW Liberal candidate likens anti-trans activism to opposing the Holocaust. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/14/nsw-liberal-candidate-likens-anti-trans-activism-to-opposing-the-holocaust

O’Connor, Wayne (March 14, 2021). TV writer Graham Linehan: How my transgender views cost me my marriage. Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/tv-writer-graham-linehan-how-my-transgender-views-cost-me-my-marriage-40194554.html

Blackall, Molly (June 27, 2020). Twitter closes Graham Linehan account after trans comment. The Guardian

Gataveckaite, Gabija (June 10, 2020). Hozier and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan join Twitter row over JK Rowling comments. Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hozier-and-father-ted-creator-graham-linehan-join-twitter-row-over-jk-rowling-comments-39276937.html

Falvey, Deirdre (January 21, 2019). Graham Linehan: Trans activists ‘don’t realise the damage’ they do. The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/graham-linehan-trans-activists-don-t-realise-the-damage-they-do-1.3765979

Haugh, Ben (December 18, 2019). Father Ted creator Linehan creates own social network to defy Twitter after transgender row. The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/father-ted-creator-linehan-creates-own-social-network-to-defy-twitter-after-transgender-row-cfzw7xls0

Murphy, Sandra (January 22, 2019). How Graham Linehan went from national treasure to divisive figure for trans community. extra.ie https://extra.ie/2019/01/22/news/irish-news/video-graham-linehan-trans-views-cost-him-national-treasure-title

Lyons, Izzy (October 7, 2018). Transgender lawyer launches UK’s first ‘deadnaming’ case against Father Ted writer Graham Linehan. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/07/transgender-lawyer-launches-uks-first-deadnaming-case-against/

Coyle, Colin (October 7, 2018). Father Ted writer Graham Linehan warned by police after ‘trolling’ transgender activist. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/father-ted-writer-graham-linehan-warned-by-police-after-trolling-transgender-activist-wqfwqgsxn

Halliday, Josh (October 7, 2018). Graham Linehan given police warning after complaint by transgender activist. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/07/graham-linehan-police-warning-complaint-by-stephanie-hayden-transgender-activist-twitter

Kelly, Guy (January 16, 2015). Graham Linehan interview: ‘On the streets, Twitter trolls would be considered sociopaths.’ The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11342851/Graham-Linehan-interview-On-the-streets-Twitter-trolls-would-be-considered-sociopaths.html

Selected writing by Linehan

See Linehan’s Substack The Glinner Update for a running anti-trans commentary.

Linehan, Graham (September 2, 2025). I Posted on X. The British Police Arrested Me. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/i-posted-on-x-the-british-police-arrested-me-free-speech

Book

Linehan, Graham (2023). Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy. Eye Books Ltd, ISBN 978-1785633065

Media analysis

Brigitte Empire (February 3, 2024). Dissecting Graham Linehan’s Transphobic Book (ft. The Leftist Cooks). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbHbYnlJtPs

Paul The Robin (March 5, 2021). Graham Linehan: A Study – A Decline into Transphobia, Bigotry & Brainrot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_35QK–u7Q

Media

Spiked with Georgina Mumford and Graham Linehan (December 3, 2025). ‘They’re little Hitlers’ | Graham Linehan on his decade-long persecution by trans activists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsdj6cCLeKs

TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster and Graham Linehan (November 30, 2025). Graham Linehan: Arrested for Trans Tweets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BMdCpttzd0

Timcast with Tim Pool and Graham Linehan (October 17, 2025). Leftist NO KINGS Protest Begins, Antifa EMBEDS, Riots & Violence FEARED Nationwide | Timcast IRL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-IpmerAIBU

Megyn Kelly with Graham Linehan (September 8, 2025). Comedy Writer Graham Linehan on the Social Media Posts Defending Women Leading to His ARREST in UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aXFEYlieAc

Jordan B. Peterson with Andrew Doyle and Graham Linehan (September 2, 2025). Europe Imploding | Andrew Doyle & Graham Linehan | EP 506. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykfUbIjtjEY

Spiked with Brendan O’Neill and Graham Linehan (August 14, 2025). Graham Linehan: Is Britain a lost cause? | The Brendan O’Neill Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2aOqM7l050

The Joe Rogan Experience with Joe Rogan and Graham Linehan (August 6, 2025). Joe Rogan Experience #2361 – Graham Linehan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03V2ZnXyEDA

Spiked with Graham Linehan, Tom Slater, and Fraser Myers (April 25, 2025). The trans meltdown, with Graham Linehan | spiked podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH9gfix3ro8

Genspect with Graham Linehan (March 15, 2025). How Institutions Were Captured Without a Fight – Graham Linehan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSE4bpVmYUE

heretics with Andrew Gold and Graham Linehan (September 23, 2024). Gender Insanity Went VIRAL Because of THESE Celebrities – Graham Linehan (4K) | heretics. 94. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtliX5oSvGk

Quillette with Zoe Booth and Graham Linehan (Aprill. 11, 2024). Graham Linehan Was Right About Gender Ideology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yZ3vGJ_7o

The New Culture Forum with Amy Gallagher and Graham Linehan (March 3, 2024). “I Popularised the Term ‘Grooming’ ‘”. “Trans is Middle-Class Nihilism” (Graham Linehan). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmLQD5o5aE

Spiked with Graham Linehan (December 27, 2023). Graham Linehan’s last laugh | A spiked documentary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxgRbPnucg8

TRIGGERnometry with Konstantin Kisin, Francis Foster and Graham Linehan (December 20, 2023). Backstabbed By Comedy Industry – Graham Linehan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va6hXYTMBDI

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Graham Linehan (November 30, 2023). EP 144: Glinner is a TERF with Graham Linehan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHyJ15mJ-A

heretics with Andrew Gold and Graham Linehan (November 18, 2023). The World’s Most Canceled Man – IT Crowd Creator Graham Linehan | heretics. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhMkwSPGUt0

UnHerd with Graham Linehan (October 17, 2023). Graham Linehan: I lost my comedy career to a mass delusion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQyXIp-Rs2E

Karl Martin (September 22, 2023). Graham Linehan, woman (arrested for objecting to man in female toilets) speak #LetWomenSpeakDublin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FnVCrs2Scw

Graham Linehan (March 24, 2022). My interview with Stephen Nolan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3St5XimKi6U&t=345s

UK Parliament (March 9, 2021). Subject: Freedom of expression online. Communications and Digital Committee. parliamentlive.tv https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/5236fc59-47ae-41c9-93f7-4ea16b5782c3

BBC / Newsnight with Sarah Smith and Graham Linehan (February 11, 2020). Father Ted creator Graham Linehan on trans rights.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e79k6LILL1I alt url https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08305wc

GBNews (August 16, 2022). Graham Linehan: ‘Trans activists tried to destroy my life’ after BBC interview on Tavistock Centre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IhgIXf2_WE

Triggernometry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOriXC2O4x0

Derrick Jensen and Graham Linehan (9 December 2018). Resistance Radio – Guest: Graham Linehan (Podcast). Podbean. The opposition is so extreme and so frightening that eventually everyone is asking you to stop. My feeling is that I can’t, because it’s too important. It’s too important to the women in my life and it’s too important to me. I’m now in a position where I can answer the question honestly of, if you were around at the time of something terrible happening like Nazism, or whatever it happened to be, would you be one of the people who said “no, this is wrong”, despite being opposed? I feel happy in myself that I’ve been one of the people standing up and saying “no, this is wrong”, despite everyone telling me not to do it.

The Same Drugs with Meghan Murphy and Graham Linehan (January 23, 2019). Graham Linehan on Twitter, trans activism, and why he won’t just shut up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mP6RZud4ls

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Hadley Freeman is an American-British journalist best known for manipulating notable authors into making statements about trans issues that they later must disavow. Freeman’s interviews with Margaret Atwood and Judy Blume both required the authors to issue statements.

Freeman has written for several anti-trans publications, including UnHerd, New Statesman, The Guardian, The Times, and The Sunday Times.

Background

Hadley Clare Freeman was born May 15, 1978 in New York City. As an adolescent, Freeman was hospitalized several times for self-imposed food restrictions. Freeman read English literature at St Anne’s College, Oxford.

Freeman and sports writer Andy Bull have three children.

Anti-trans activism

Freeman wrote for The Guardian starting in 2000. Freeman and Suzanne Moore both left The Guardian around the same time in 2022 amid public pushback over their anti-trans views.

References

Reed, Erin (April 20, 2025). Anti-Trans Activist Hadley Freeman Thinks UK Court Win Means People Have To Be Her Friend. Erin In The Morning https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-activist-hadley-freeman

Mack, Daniel (April 17, 2023). Judy Blume Blasted An Article Linking Her To J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Views As “Bullshit.” BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/judy-blume-transgender-jk-rowling-hadley-freeman

Tani, Max (April 3, 2023). Inside the Guardian’s civil war over trans coverage. Semafor https://www.semafor.com/article/04/02/2023/inside-the-guardians-civil-war-over-trans-coverage

Milton, Josh (February 19, 2022). ‘Gender critical’ journalist tries to grill Margaret Atwood on trans rights. It backfires, badly. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/02/19/margaret-atwood-hadley-freeman-trans-gender-critical/

Hansford, Amelia (20 January 2023). Journalist Hadley Freeman condemned for ‘dangerous’ comments about suicidal trans kids. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/10/hadley-freeman-suicidal-trans-youth/

Ewens, Hannah (16 June 2020). Inside the Great British TERF War. Vice https://www.vice.com/en/article/889qe5/trans-rights-uk-debate-terfs

Valens, Ana (2 April 2018). There’s nothing feminist about attacking trans women. The Daily Dot https://www.dailydot.com/irl/attacking-trans-women-feminist/

Persio, Sofia Lotto (3 November 2018). Guardian US journalists denounce newspaper’s “transphobic” editorial. PinkNews https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/11/03/guardian-transphobic-editorial-concern/

Levin, Sam; Chalabi, Mona; Siddiqui, Sabrina (2 November 2018). Why we take issue with the Guardian‘s stance on trans rights in the UK. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk

Anti-trans coverage

Moore, Suzanne (December 6, 2022). The Guardian is hiding the truth about trans. Both Hadley Freeman and I left the paper after not being allowed to write as we wished – including on subjects such as gender. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/12/06/guardian-hiding-truth-trans/

Singh, Anita (5 December 2022). Hadley Freeman: ‘Atmosphere of fear’ governs Guardian trans coverage. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/05/hadley-freeman-atmosphere-fear-governs-guardian-trans-coverage/

Kanter, Jake (February 21, 2022). Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman says left-wing media bows down to trans bullies. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/guardian-columnist-hadley-freeman-says-paper-bows-down-to-trans-bullies-79kk9d0d7

Selected writing by Freeman

Freeman, Hadley (November 23, 2025,). At Cambridge, three brave students are taking on the trans bullies. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/cambridge-students-trans-bullies-gc03ff6q3

Freeman, Hadley; Urwin, Rosamund; Yorke, Harry; Turvill, William; Hauschild, Dominic (April 20, 2025). Supreme Court victors getting death threats in gender ruling backlash. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/women-threatened-statues-defaced-supreme-court-trans-mwv6dvpz2

Freeman, Hadley (April 19, 2025). I lost friends and a job in the trans witch-hunt. Hordes of cowards caved in to the fantasy. A few brave women did not. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/trans-witch-hunt-supreme-court-women-xj7zlq0fv

Freeman, Hadley (August 6, 2023). My Sting interview farce shows how entrenched trans ideology has become. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/my-sting-interview-farce-shows-how-entrenched-trans-ideology-has-become-djwsftgph

Freeman, Hadley (December 20, 2022). Why I stopped being a good girl Women can no longer afford to sit out the gender wars. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/12/why-i-stopped-being-a-good-girl-2/

Freeman, Hadley (November 29, 2022). Mermaids’ useful idiots. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/11/mermaids-useful-idiots/

Freeman, Hadley (August 9, 2022). Why the Tavistock won’t talk to me. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/08/why-the-tavistock-wont-talk-to-me/

Freeman, Hadley (July 14, 2022). Why I’m suing Survivors’ Network: Rape victims need female-only spaces. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/07/why-im-suing-survivors-network/

Freeman, Hadley (June 13, 2022). The kids aren’t alright. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/06/are-the-kids-alright/

Freeman, Hadley (May 4, 2022). American feminism has turned its back on women. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/05/american-feminism-has-turned-its-back-on-abortion/

Freeman, Hadley (April 7, 2022). The week the trans spell was broken. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/04/the-week-the-trans-spell-was-broken/

Freeman, Hadley (February 19, 2022). Margaret Atwood on feminism, culture wars and speaking her mind: ‘I’m very willing to listen, but not to be scammed.’ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2022/feb/19/margaret-atwood-on-feminism-culture-wars

Freeman, Hadley (June 26, 2021). People have told me I’m on the wrong side of history, but I still want to be their friend. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/26/people-have-told-me-i-am-on-the-wrong-side-of-history-but-i-still-want-to-be-their-friend

Freeman, Hadley (March 6, 2019). Sport can help to clarify the trans debate. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/06/sport-trans-martina-navratilova

Freeman, Hadley (July 5, 2018). An aversion to dolls and dresses is no proof you’re a man. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/05/dolls-dresses-no-proof-not-girl-pink-v-blue

Freeman, Hadley (March 31, 2018). Don’t you just love it when a man explains to you what it means to be a woman? The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/31/man-explains-what-means-be-woman

Freeman, Hadley (March 18, 2017). Identity is the issue of our age: so why can’t we talk more honestly about trans women? The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/18/identity-issue-our-age-talk-more-honestly-trans-women

Freeman, Hadley (March 19, 2016). Hadley Freeman: the trouble with Caitlyn Jenner. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/19/caitlyn-jenner-donald-trump-car-crash-hadley-freeman

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  • House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family (2020)
  • Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia (2023)

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