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Daniel Kodsi / “Thomas Palmer” vs. transgender people

Daniel Kodsi aka “Thomas Palmer” is a writer and anti-transgender activist. Kodsi has written for anti-trans publications The Times, The Critic, City Journal, and Quillette.

Kodsi wrote a glowing review of Gender Critical Feminism by Holly Lawford-Smith.

Background

Daniel F. Kodsi was born April 15, 1998 and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2015. Kodsi then attended University of Oxford, earning a bachelor’s degree in 2018, a second bachelor’s degree in 2020, and then embarked on a doctorate there. Kodsi is a founding editor of the Oxford Review of Books.

Kodsi has co-authored anti-trans pieces with John Maier.

Selected anti-trans writing by Kodsi

Maier, John; Kodsi, Daniel (August 22 2025). Academics are to blame for the woke wreckage at universities. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/academics-are-to-blame-for-the-woke-wreckage-at-universities-27ht2xdjc

Kodsi, Daniel, Maier, John (July 20, 2025). Philosophical Malpractice. The Philosophers’ Magazine https://philosophersmag.com/philosophical-malpractice/

Kodsi, Daniel, Maier, John (August 15 2025). Philosophers Shouldn’t Duck the Gender Debate. City Journal https://www.city-journal.org/article/gender-identity-debate-philosophers-united-states-v-skrmetti

Kodsi, Daniel (October 16, 2024). What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers (Still) Aren’t Allowed to Say. Quillette https://quillette.com/blog/2024/10/16/what-is-a-woman-many-philosophers-still-arent-allowed-to-say/

Kodsi, Daniel (September 16, 2024). Unexceptional Sex. The Philosophers’ Magazine https://philosophersmag.com/unexceptional-sex/

“Palmer, Thomas” (May 2, 2023). What Is a Woman? Many Philosophers Know, But Aren’t Allowed to Say. Quillette https://quillette.com/2023/05/02/philosophys-gender-taboo-takes-cete/

Kodsi, Daniel (July 3, 2022). Who is feminism for? The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/who-is-feminism-for/

Coverage in anti-trans press

Stock, Kathleen (July 25, 2025). Is this the end of genderism? We are reaching trans tipping point. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2025/07/is-this-the-end-of-genderism/

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

Resources

Quillette (quillette.com)

PhilPeople (philpeople.org)

The Critic (thecritic.co.uk)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Cherwell (cherwell.org)

The Oxonian Review (oxonianreview.com)

Oxford Review of Books (the-orb.org)

City Journal (city-journal.org)

X/Twitter (x.com)