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Carrie Clark vs. transgender people

Carrie Clark is a British writer and anti-transgender activist. Clark is director of anti-trans hate group Genspect UK.

Background

Caroline Weston “Carrie” Clark was born in August 1988. Clark served as coordinator at Don’t Divide Us and was a founding member of Counterweight.

Between 2022 and 2024 Clark was the research officer at the Free Speech Union (FSU). Clark wrote anti-trans briefing papers for the FSU including:

Clark’s X profile says that Clark is the “spare brain” of Helen Pluckrose.

Anti-trans activism

Clark’s Genspect profile says that in 2016, Clark was triggered by the idea that “Transwomen are LITERALLY women.” After objecting to this, Clark was reportedly “started researching the gender wars and was “promptly ejected from her progressive friendship group for ‘transphobia.’”

In 2025, Clark moderated a panel on the British National Health System’s plan for a study on puberty blockers. Panelists were:

Clark has written anti-trans posts for Colin Wright on Reality’s Last Stand, with Shelley Charlesworth for Free Speech Union, and with Claire Fox for Academy of Ideas.

Selected anti-trans writing by Clark

Fox, Claire; Clark, Carrie (March 3, 2025). Detransitioners deserve to be heard. Academy of Ideas https://www.academyofideas.uk/p/detransitioners-deserve-to-be-heard

Clark, Carrie (February 16, 2025). Blocking the Puberty Blocker Study: The Director of Genspect UK on campaigning to stop the NHS puberty blocker study. Inspecting Gender https://genspect.substack.com/p/blocking-the-nhs-puberty-blocker

Clark, Carrie (December 11, 2024). The fight to stop puberty blockers is far from over. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/12/11/the-fight-to-stop-puberty-blockers-is-far-from-over/

Clark, Carrie (July 22, 2024). The Unintended Consequences of the Cass Review. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-unintended-consequences-of-the

Clark, Carrie (June 26, 2024). Male Lactation: The New Frontier in Evidence Laundering. Reality’s Last Stand https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/male-lactation-the-new-frontier-in

Clark, Carrie (November 7, 2023). Why are libraries hiding gender-critical books? Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/11/07/why-are-libraries-hiding-gender-critical-books/

Clark, Carrie (October 2023). Not On Our Shelves: Soft Censorship in Local Authority Libraries. Free Speech Union https://freespeechunion.org/not-on-our-shelves-soft-censorship-in-local-authority-libraries/

Clark, Carrie (December 12, 2022). Our political police are a menace to free speech: The British police are now the armed wing of gender ideology. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/12/12/our-political-police-are-a-menace-to-free-speech/

Clark, Carrie (July 5, 2021). Stonewall should call off the pronoun police. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/05/stonewall-should-call-off-the-pronoun-police/

Clark, Carrie; Charlesworth, Shelley (July 2021). Stonewall’s Censorship Champions. Free Speech Union https://freespeechunion.org/stonewalls-censorship-champions/

Media

Beyond Gender with Stella O’Malley, Mia Hughes, and Carrie Clark (March 13, 2025). The UK is Restarting a Puberty Blocker Trial Despite 25 Years of Evidence – Carrie Clark (#4). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOsi4nmD_LA

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, Helen Pluckrose, and Carrie Clark (November 1, 2024). 191 – Holding the Line on Liberal Values, with Helen Pluckrose and Carrie Clark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYCKLDFt8zE

Genspect (March 7, 2025). ‘This Is Not Healthcare’ – Carrie Clark Slams Gender Medicine on TalkTV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtekfEWTg-o

Resources

Battle of Ideas (battleofideas.org.uk)

  • Carrie Clark
  • archives.battleofideas.org.uk/2021/speaker/carrie-clark/

X/Twitter (x.com)

Substack (substack.com)

Spiked (spiked-online.com)