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Michele Moore vs. transgender people

Michele Moore is a British educator and anti-transgender extremist.

Background

Michele Patricia Moore was born in July 1962. Moore earned a doctorate from University of Greenwich in 1993. Moore served as Professor of Inclusive Education at Northumbria University.

Anti-transgender activism

In a petition to have Moore removed as editor of Disability & Society, Melanie Yergeau and 1,000 signatories summarized Moore’s anti-trans views:

Moore has amplified postings that claim trans suicide rates are a myth; she has made numerous posts that claim trans narratives are a “trend”; she has circulated links to her own events that actively argue against transitioning, wherein she has claimed that “self-identification of gender is harmful for children and young people”; and she has on several occasions shared a crowdfunding page that purports to raise money for the fight against “gender ideology.” Many of Dr. Moore’s writings reproduce dangerous transphobic tropes.

Yergeau (2019)

Moore is founder of Inclusion Childhood & Education Ltd.

  • Sarah Beazley
  • Nawal El Amrani 
  • Judith Szenasi
  • Afif
  • Ken El Amrani 

References

Zahneis, Megan (September 5, 2019). Journal Editor’s Anti-Transgender Statements Spur a Revolt by Disability-Studies Scholars. Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com/article/journal-editors-anti-transgender-statements-spur-a-revolt-by-disability-studies-scholars/

Pain, Rachel (March 15, 2018). Transgender Children and Young People: Born In Your Own Body, edited by Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore. Times Higher Education https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-transgender-children-and-young-people-heather-brunskell-evans-and-michele-moore-cambridge-scholars

Melanie Yergeau and 1,000 signatories (2019). Letter to Disability & Society editorial board https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ds

Yeomans, Emma (June 26 2019). Journal editors quit in protest over ‘transphobic’ academic. The Sunday Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/journal-editors-quit-in-protest-over-transphobic-academic-6tvq3cwfv

Gordon, Amie (December 4, 2019) Edinburgh University axes conference on helping transgender school pupils amid fears speakers and guests could be at risk from activists who branded the event ‘transphobic.’ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7754397/Edinburgh-University-axes-conference-transgender-school-pupils-amid-transphobic-fears.html

Media

Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore (eds) – Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body
Heather Brunskell-Evans & Michele Moore (eds) – Inventing the Transgender Child

Michele Moore (Oct 4, 2018). A Woman’s Place takes nerves of steel (Sheffield, 20th September 2018) Michele Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATNRbJW_JI8

Resources

Inclusion Childhood Education (inclusionchildhoodeducation.com) [not secure]

Taylor & Francis Online (tandfonline.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)