Louise Perry is a British writer and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Louise M. “Lulu” Perry is based in London. Perry grew up in a left-leaning household with a younger sibling. Perry studied anthropology and women’s studies at the SOAS University of London [School of Oriental and African Studies]. Perry published a fashion blog called Make Do On Trend. Perry’s early career involved working in a rape crisis center.
Perry has written for the New Statesman, the Daily Mail, The Critic, UnHerd, and Quillette.
Perry’s debut book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century, was published by Polity.
Perry is the Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This, documenting women allegedly killed during “rough sex.” Perry is also the Research Director and Co-founder of think tank The Other Half.
Perry is married and has one child.
Anti-transgender activism
Perry frequently promotes anti-transgender views in publications. Perry came to believe in college that “it was completely impossible to say anything critical about trans activism in public.” That was the “first domino” that led Perry to radical feminism.
Perry left the rape crisis center after they began serving all people who had experienced sexual assault, including transfeminine people.
In 2023, Perry launched the anti-trans podcast Maiden Mother Matriarch. Guests have included many key figures in anti-trans extremism, including Sasha Ayad, J. Michael Bailey, Hannah Barnes, Julie Bindel, Ray Blanchard, Nellie Bowles, Alex Byrne, Phyllis Chesler, Colette Colfer, Meghan Daum, Lisa Selin Davis, Jack Despain Zhou (“Tracing Woodgrains”), Laurie Gigliotti (“Peachy Keenan”). Sall Grover, Mary Harrington, Katie Herzog, Heather Heying, Helen Joyce, Eric Kaufmann, Kellie-Jay Keen (“Posie Parker”), Razib Khan, Jennifer Lahl, Holly Lawford-Smith, Claire Lehmann, Sara Mittermaier (“Eliza Mondegreen”), Meghan Murphy, Bridget Phetasy, Nina Power, Gad Saad, Abigail Shrier, Kathleen Stock, Vaishnavi Sundar, and Katya Ungerman (“Katherine Dee”).
References
Balls, Katy (September 23, 2022). The Louise Perry Edition. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/the-louise-perry-edition/
Selected writing by Perry
Perry, Louise (December 2, 2022). Oxford students are going back to the dark ages. UnHerd -https://unherd.com/thepost/oxford-students-are-going-back-to-the-dark-ages/
Perry, Louise (June 9, 2022). Drag Queen Story Hour comes to the UK. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/drag-queen-story-hour-comes-to-the-uk/
Perry, Louise (June 22, 2022). Why the gender wars become so extreme. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022/06/gender-wars-trans-critical-activists-become-extreme
Perry, Louise (October 2020). The real facts of life. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/october-2020/the-real-facts-of-life/
Perry, Louise (October 2020). Trans activists ask us to redefine what most consider to be truth. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2022/02/trans-activists-ask-us-to-redefine-what-most-consider-to-be-truth
Perry, Louise (July 8, 2019). Minds Without Bodies: Transgenderism and the Authentic Self. Areo https://areomagazine.com/2019/08/07/minds-without-bodies-transgenderism-and-the-authentic-self/
Perry, Louise (July 26, 2022). Her foolish critics can cancel Quidditch…but they’ll never cancel JK Rowling’s rare and precious courage. Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11051461/LOUISE-PERRY-foolish-critics-cancel-Quidditch-theyll-never-cancel-JK-Rowling.html
Perry, Louise (September 18, 2020). The Dishonest and Misogynistic Hate Campaign Against J.K. Rowling. Quillette https://quillette.com/2020/09/18/the-dishonest-and-misogynistic-hate-campaign-against-j-k-rowling/
Perry, Louise (November 6, 2019). What Is Autogynephilia? An Interview with Dr Ray Blanchard. Quillette https://quillette.com/2019/11/06/what-is-autogynephilia-an-interview-with-dr-ray-blanchard/
Resources
Louise Perry (louisemperry.co.uk)
Twitter (twitter.com)
Substack (substack.com)
LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
YouTube (youtube.com)
Instagram (instagram.com)