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Tania Marshall is an Australian therapist and anti-transgender activist.

Marshall was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Background

Marshall attended University of Calgary, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1998 and an master’s degree in 2002.

Marshall has written frequently about neurodiversity.

Resources

Substack (substack.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Tania A. Marshall (taniaannmarshall.wpcomstaging.com)

Robert Withers is a British psychologist and anti-transgender activist.

Withers was a member of the anti-trans organization Pediatric & Adolescent Gender Dysphoria Working Group.

Background

Robert “Bob” Withers earned a master’s degree from University of Sussex.

Withers helped establish the Rock Clinic in Kemp Town in 1990.

Anti-trans activism

In 2015, Withers published an article titled “The seventh penis,” which was later withdrawn over patient consent issues:

The above article published online on 19 May 2015 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), and in print and online in issue 60:3 (cover date June 2015) has been withdrawn by agreement between the author, the journal’s Editors-in-Chief, Marcus West and Nora Swan-Foster, and John Wiley & Sons Limited. The withdrawal has been agreed because consent to publish was not obtained. The author and the journal apologize for this oversight.

References

Flourish, Clare (July 26, 2020). Robert Withers. https://clareflourish.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/robert-withers-transgender-professional-standards/

Admin (Sep 13, 2021). The full story: the misconduct of anti-trans psychotherapist Robert Withers. We talk with Ms. A. Transiness https://www.transiness.com/post/the-full-story-the-misconduct-of-anti-trans-psychotherapist-robert-withers-we-talk-with-ms-a

Withers R (2020). Transgender medicalization and the attempt to evade psychological distress. J Anal Psychol. 2020 Nov;65(5):865-889. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12641

Withers R (2015). The seventh penis: towards effective psychoanalytic work with pre-surgical transsexuals. J Anal Psychol. 2015 Jun;60(3):390-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12157.

Withdrawal statement: R. Withers, ‘The seventh penis: towards effective psychoanalytic work with pre-surgical transsexuals’, Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2015, 60, 3, 390-412, (https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12157).

Resources

Rock Clinic Association (rockclinic.org.uk)

Jungian Therapy Sussex (jungiantherapysussex.info)

  • Bob Withers
  • http://www.jungiantherapysussex.info/our-therapists/bob-withers/

Twitter (twitter.com)

Carole Sherwood is a British psychologist and anti-transgender activist.

Sherwood and Valerie Jean Thomas are associated with anti-trans group Critical Therapy Antidote.

Background

Carole Barbara Patricia Sherwood was born in February 1953.

Anti-transgender activism

Via the site Save Mental Health, Sherwood believes that “important areas of the behavioral sciences – in research, practice, and policy work – have been increasingly captured by censorious ideological orthodoxies.”

Save Mental Health lists other like-minded organizations:

  • Academics for Academic Freedom (afaf.org.uk)
  • BPSWatch (bpswatch.com)
  • Campaign for Common Sense (campaigncommonsense.com)
  • Centre for Male Psychology (centreformalepsychology.com)
  • Counterweight (counterweightsupport.com)
  • Critical Therapy Antidote (criticaltherapyantidote.org)
  • Don’t Divide Us (dontdivideus.com)
  • Free Speech Union (freespeechunion.org)
  • Heterodox Academy (heterodoxacademy.org)
  • The ManKind Initiative (mankind.org.uk)
  • New Discourses (newdiscourses.com)
  • Psychreg (psychreg.org)
  • Society for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science (openinquirybehavio.wixsite.com/oibs)
  • Thoughtful Therapists (thoughtfultherapists.org)

References

Sherwood., Carole (November 2, 2022). The politicisation of clinical psychology. CIEO https://cieo.substack.com/p/the-politicisation-of-clinical-psychology

Carole Sherwood, Paul M. Salkovskis, Katharine Rimes Help-seeking for depression: The role of beliefs, attitudes and mood. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 10.1017/s1352465807003815

Retired Clinical Psychologist email: [email protected] Report: https://save-mental-health.com/training-courses/

Resources

Save Mental Health (save-mental-health.com)

Critical Therapy Antidote (criticaltherapyantidote.org)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Facebook (facebook.com)

Reddit (reddit.com)

Pamela Buffone is a Canadian software executive and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Pamela Neely “Pam” Buffone earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Ottawa in 1993 and a master’s degree from Western University in 1998.

Buffone and spouse Jason Buffone have a child and live in Ottawa.

Anti-transgender activism

Buffone’s child reportedly became “distressed” during a first-grade lesson about gender identity and expression. After complaining to the school, Buffone filed a discrimination case. The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal held a hearing in 2022, after which the case was dismissed/

Buffone founded anti-trans news site Canadian Gender Report and is an advisor to Genspect. Buffone lists all the usual anti-trans sources on Canadian Gender Report:

References

Behne, Alexander (September 8, 2022). Tribunal rules ‘teachable moment’ on gender identity did not breach Grade 1 student’s rights. CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tribunal-gender-identity-human-rights-ottawa-1.6575214

Resources

Canadian Gender Report (genderreport.ca)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

April Kitzul is a Canadian anti-transgender activist.

Background

April Kitzul was an Institutional Parole Officer and Correctional Program Officer in sex-segregated facilities at Correctional Service Canada until 2022. Previously, Kitzul was a provincial child protection social worker, serving as a case manager at Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families

Anti-transgender activism

Kitzul waas radicalized in following passage of An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code. It was introduced in Canada as Bill C-16 in 2016.

In 2021, Kitzul created the website Trans-Truth.

Kitzul is a member of Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (caWsbar) and is involved in the Women’s Human Rights Campaign (BC-Yukon Coordinator).

References

Kitzul, April (February 8, 2023). Reflections on the impact of gender self-identification policies in the Canadian correctional system. MLI https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/reflections-on-the-impact-of-gender-self-identification-policies-in-the-canadian-correctional-system/

-https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/432/JUST/Brief/BR11006176/br-external/WomensHumanRightsCampaignBritishColumbiaAndYukonChapter-e.pdf

Resources

Trans Truth (trans-truth.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Rod Fleming is a Scottish author and activist who promotes anti-transgender, anti-feminist, and anti-gay views. Fleming personifies nearly every negative stereotype of a transphobic trans-attracted person.

Fleming is one of the most obsessive “autogynephilia” activists in the world, promoting the disease as an exercise in identity politics.

Background

Roderick Anthony “Rod” Fleming was born on March 11, 1956, in Dundee, Scotland.

Fleming earned a bachelor’s degree from Edinburgh College of Art in 1983, then produced images and video for Scotland on Sunday. In 2011, Fleming earned a master’s degree from Dundee University.

Fleming was married and has four adult children. Fleming moved to Asia and was romantically involved with a trans partner named Sam Villasencio. Fleming announced that Villasencio died on October 2, 2023.

“Autogynephilia” activism

Some trans-attracted people who engage in “autogynephilia” activism wish to distance their own attractions from trans women they consider “autogynephiles.” In some cases, it is because they see “AGP” trans women as a threat to their “heterosexual” identity. They often brag about how “heterosexual” they are and how the “homosexual transsexual” people they desire are extremely feminine and only interested in masculine “heterosexual” partners like them.

Trans-attracted people who use the terms “homosexual transsexual” or “HSTS” are among the most obsessed with “autogynephilia” and creator Ray Blanchard’s taxonomy of “HSTS” and “AGP,” because it’s so important to their own sexual identities.

Fleming offers counseling for “autogynephiles” and for “trans widows,” slang for spouses whose partner came out as trans.

Resources

Rod Fleming (rodfleming.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

YouTube (youtube.com)

Plashmill Press (plashmill-press.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

Patreon (patreon.com)

PayPal (paypal.com)

WordPress (wordpress.com)

Substack (substack.com)

Threads (threads.net)

Sally Chatterton is a British writer and anti-transgender extremist. Chatterton is editor of anti-trans publication UnHerd and is responsible for its consistent platforming of conservative and anti-trans voices.

Background

Chatterton earned a bachelor’s degree from Birmingham University in 1994 and earned a master’s degree from Institut Britannique, Paris in 1995.

Chatterton previously wrote for The Daily Telegraph and The Independent.

Chatterton was website editor for CapX, a publication of the right-wing Centre for Policy Studies.

Anti-transgender activism

Chatterton joined UnHerd in 2018. Chatterton has platformed dozens of conservative and anti-trans writers, including personally platforming Hannah Barnes and Kathleen Stock in attacks on trans healthcare for our children.

Media

Sally Chatterton (March 2, 2023). Hannah Barnes: What went wrong at the Tavistock Centre. UnHerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7ZqW6MxWxs

Sally Chatterton (October 19, 2023). Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain’s new trans clinics. UnHerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QboHWVDCyDQ

Resources

UnHerd (unherd.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

Muck Rack (muckrack.com)

Paul Marshall is a British investor and anti-transgender activist. In 2017, Marshall gave funding to anti-transgender publication UnHerd.

Background

Paul Roderick Clucas Marshall was born on August 2, 1959. Marshall’s parent Alan was an executive based in the Philippines, but Marshall remained in England for school. Marshall earned degrees from St John’s College, Oxford and INSEAD.

In 1997 Marshall and Ian Wace founded a successful hedge fund. After many years supporting policies of Liberal Democrats, Marshall began funding conservative projects, including anti-trans publication UnHerd and anti-trans platform GB News.

Marshall and spouse Sabrina have two adult children.

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Tom McTague is a British writer who works for anti-trans publication UnHerd. McTague previously worked at anti-trans publication The Atlantic from 2019 to 2023.

Background

McTague grew up in County Durham in the North East England. McTague, spouse, and child live in London.

McTague has also worked at Mail Online, the Independent on Sunday, and the Daily Mirror.

McTague co-authored the 2017 election book, Betting the House

Resources

Twitter (twitter.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Tim Montgomerie is a British writer and conservative activist. Montgomerie founded anti-trans publication UnHerd.

Background

Timothy “Tim” Montgomerie was born on July 24, 1970 in Barnstaple, Devon. Montgomerie’s conservative views as a teen were shaped by Thatcherism and evangelical Christianity. While enrolled at University of Exeter, Montgomerie and David Burrowes founded the Conservative Christian Fellowship. Montgomerie led the organization from 1990 to 2003.

In 2004 Montgomerie co-founded conservative think tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) with Iain Duncan Smith, Mark Florman and Philippa Stroud. In 2005 Montgomerie founded right-wing blog ConservativeHome and has since held numerous roles at British media outlets.

Montgomerie founded anti-trans publication UnHerd in 2017 and left in 2018.

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Twitter (twitter.com)

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/)

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