Lucy Bannerman is British writer. Bannerman is the point person laundering anti-trans extremism into The Times.
Selected anti-trans writing by Bannerman
note: Bannerman has written hundreds of anti-trans articles, so this section is in progress.
July 26 2019 Puberty blocking drugs: ‘For the past four years I’ve been stuck as a child’ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/transgender-children-puberty-blocking-drugs-for-the-past-four-years-i-ve-been-stuck-as-a-child-5s6tkh7z2
July 26 2019, Use of puberty blockers on transgender children to be investigated. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/experts-investigate-use-of-puberty-blockers-on-transgender-children-6l695lflf
June 17 2022 My puberty was chemically delayed. I was their guinea pig. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/my-adolescence-was-chemically-delayed-i-was-their-guinea-pig-bbs3w00ph
March 14 2024, How puberty blockers for teenagers became normalised in the NHS. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/tavistock-scandal-nhs-puberty-blockers-2g23hs82p
Trustee of the transgender charity Mermaids quits after speech to paedophile aid group. https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/economics/article/trustee-of-the-transgender-charity-mermaids-quits-over-speech-to-paedophile-aid-group-jkjn2jrk9
Apr 8, 2019 Calls to end transgender ‘experiment on children’
(Mar 14, 2024). Historic US women’s group provokes anger by allowing trans members. https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/historic-us-womens-group-daughters-american-revolution-trans-row-dd0gfr2p2
(Jul 7, 2023 ). Trans charity Mermaids loses case against LGB Alliance
(Apr 10, 2024). Nine key findings from the Cass report into gender transition
(Jul 30, 2022). Teachers ‘need new gender identity rules’
(Jun 16, 2022). Public want trans women kept out of female sport
(Oct 6, 2022). Lottery pauses cash for trans charity Mermaids during investigation https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/lottery-pauses-cash-for-trans-charity-mermaids-during-investigation-f5gw3cprf
(Nov 6, 2017 ). Transgender women criticise reform https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/transgender-women-criticise-reform-xtp9n6mn0
(Apr 8, 2019). It feels like conversion therapy for gay children, say clinicians https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/it-feels-like-conversion-therapy-for-gay-children-say-clinicians-pvsckdvq2
(Oct 1, 2018). Trans movement has been hijacked by bullies and trolls
(Nov 5, 2021). Education ministry spent £600000 on Stonewall schemes
(). Apr 13, 2024). Stonewall tried to silence warnings of weak evidence for trans healthcare. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/stonewall-tried-to-silence-warnings-of-weak-evidence-for-trans-healthcare-n299v00c3
(Jul 28, 2022 ). Cass report vindicates years of concerns over Tavistock
(Feb 6, 2019). Police asked blogger Margaret Nelson to remove transgender posts. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/police-asked-blogger-margaret-nelson-to-remove-transgender-posts-kx9r0r2bh
(Apr 7, 2018). Labour official’s tweets cause transgender row. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-official-s-tweets-cause-transgender-row-between-lily-madigan-and-miranda-yardley-zpsjhwtc8
(Sep 26, 2018). Feminist’s poster removed after complaint from transgender activist. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/feminist-s-poster-removed-after-complaint-from-transgender-activist-jlcj8s6n0
(Nov 6, 2021). MoD tells staff to state name, rank and gender pronoun
(Sep 30, 2022). Mermaids: Trans youth group faces scrutiny by charity watchdog. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/mermaids-trans-youth-group-faces-scrutiny-charity-watchdog-7ttqvscr3
(Dec 2, 2020). Landmark High Court ruling restricts puberty blockers for children. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/landmark-ruling-makes-it-harder-for-children-to-get-sex-change-drugs-8830h3hnc
(Jun 26, 2021 ). Stonewall equality list ‘bullies bosses and silences dissent’
(Jun 19, 2021). St Paul’s Girls’ School ditches ‘binary’ head girl
(Apr 10, 2024). GPs ‘scared off’ treating children over gender identity, says Dr Hilary Cass. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/cass-review-report-nhs-gender-identity-puberty-blockers-dfg3rz7bc
(Apr 10, 2024). How charities and the internet fuelled ten-year rise of gender transition. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/cass-report-gender-transition-mermaids-charities-web-kxp7fjcfj
(Jun 15, 2018). Smear test campaign drops the word ‘woman’ to avoid transgender offence. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/smear-test-campaign-drops-the-word-woman-to-avoid-transgender-offence-263mj7f6s
(Apr 1, 2022 ). How activists used a veil of secrecy to rewrite biology
(July 09 2018). Transgender muffin exercise ‘sends wrong message’
(Oct 24, 2018). Labour members ‘punished’ over transgender Facebook debate. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-members-punished-over-transgender-facebook-debate-n38wwj8nx
(Nov 11, 2017 ). Scout chiefs accused over transgender ‘self-harming’ with support for chest-binding. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/scout-chiefs-accused-over-transgender-self-harming-with-support-for-chest-binding-23f33sgjk
(Mar 10, 2022 ). Tavistock gender clinic not safe for children, report finds
(Jun 17, 2022). Give irreversible gender drugs at age 14, says transgender health group. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/give-irreversible-gender-drugs-at-age-14-says-transgender-health-group-hx70c2l62
(Apr 8, 2019 ). Families ‘exploited by gender lobby groups pushing for treatment’ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/families-exploited-by-gender-lobby-groups-pushing-for-treatment-5fddvml8r
(December 05 2020). Tavistock clinic: Judges could not get data about gender treatment. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/tavistock-clinic-judges-could-not-get-data-about-gender-treatment-783z5d9x8
(Oct 19, 2018). Spies accused of breaching rules by backing Stonewall
(Oct 24, 2021). Oxfam withdraws bingo game after complaints by trans staff
(Oct 1, 2022). Trans charity’s chatroom for children condemned as irresponsible free-for-all. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/trans-charitys-chatroom-for-children-condemned-as-irresponsible-free-for-all-hwgzvdhzj
(Jan 27, 2018 ). Labour suspends activist in transgender row
(Dec 6, 2018). Trans lobby sent me death threats, claims professor
(Sep 8, 2018 ). Trans Goldsmiths lecturer Natacha Kennedy behind smear campaign against academics. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/trans-goldsmiths-lecturer-natacha-kennedy-behind-smear-campaign-against-academics-f2zqbl222
(Oct 4, 2018). Stonewall ‘backing transgender bullies’
(Nov 20, 2017). Trans teenager Lily Madigan voted in as a Labour women’s officer. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trans-teenager-lily-madigan-voted-in-as-a-labour-women-s-officer-mwchkhzq8
(Nov 15, 2017). Labour officials quit in transgender dispute
(Apr 13, 2023). Trust children to change gender, says Daniel Radcliffe
(Nov 23, 2017). Barred academic Heather Brunskell-Evans warns of cowardice over trans issues. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/barred-academic-heather-brunskell-evans-warns-of-cowardice-over-trans-issues-wlvj3l7bz
(Jan 29, 2018). Jeremy Corbyn allows free debate about trans women on shortlists. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/feminists-can-oppose-transgender-policy-says-corbyn-j2xkschjk
(Oct 21, 2021 ). Atwood falls foul of trans activists with Twitter post
(Mar 12, 2024). NHS bans puberty blockers for children
(Jun 14, 2021). Taxpayers gave Stonewall £2.6m over four years
(Apr 13, 2018). Transgender activist Tara Wolf denies thumping radical feminist. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/transgender-activist-denies-thumping-radical-feminist-wvzgq6fx7
(Dec 30, 2020 ). Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier review
(Nov 12, 2024). School criticised over chest binder fundraiser for trans pupils.
(Mar 21, 2019 ) Trans lobbyist Susie Green drops ‘hate crime’ claim over tweets. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/trans-lobbyist-susie-green-drops-hate-crime-claim-over-tweets-7wsl3q756
(May 1, 2024 ). Teen prescribed ‘dangerously high’ hormone dose by online clinic. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/teen-prescribed-dangerously-high-hormone-dose-by-online-clinic-7j9v2kq36
(Jun 21, 2023). Treatment through Tavistock gender clinic ‘left me feeling mutilated.’ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/treatment-through-tavistock-gender-clinic-left-me-feeling-mutilated-vf9t6tfjl
(Dec 22, 2018). Martina Navratilova trades volleys with trans athlete in Twitter row. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/navratilova-trades-volleys-with-trans-athlete-in-twitter-row-zhc0tq0bl
(Oct 5, 2018). Anna Friel: I’d struggle if my girl wanted to be a boy
(Sep 5, 2022). Feminist society ‘purged’ by trans rights activists at Swansea University. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/feminist-society-purged-by-trans-rights-activists-at-swansea-university-7rb3dvs2v
(Oct 23, 2023). Transgender clinics for children ‘in thrall to ideology’
(Jul 31, 2023). Declare pronouns to each new patient, NHS training advises
(Sep 10, 2018). Rapist, Karen White, in women’s jail ‘was trans faker’
(Oct 27, 2024 ). Former trans charity chief’s new company offers puberty blockers. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/former-trans-charity-chiefs-new-company-offers-puberty-blockers-fg27z5xjm
(Oct 10, 2023). Census trans question under scrutiny for ‘confusion’
(May 23, 2024 ). Medical experts are unwilling to give evidence in gender cases. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/medical-experts-are-unwilling-to-give-evidence-in-gender-cases-jmhts3b0t
(Feb 20, 2019). Mermaids: Charity for trans children given lottery grant despite opposition. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/mermaids-charity-for-trans-children-given-lottery-grant-despite-opposition-pjftr5nw5
(Oct 14, 2017). Feminists fight to keep gender question in census
(May 25, 2023 ). Key doctor questions need for reform at Tavistock trans clinic
(Sep 17, 2021). Parents’ consent not needed to block puberty, say judges
(Oct 10, 2022). Ministers seek compromise on transgender advice for schools https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ministers-seek-compromise-on-transgender-advice-for-schools-5bg0d6qpv
(Dec 12, 2016). Use ze instead of he or she: Oxford students get lesson in gender bias. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/use-ze-instead-of-he-or-she-oxford-students-get-lesson-in-gender-bias-8kxhw3f25
(Aug 9, 2021 ). Stonewall paid £1m by taxpayers for its advice
(Sep 6, 2023 ). Ex-Tavistock staff seek permission to prescribe hormones to trans teenagers. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/trans-gender-teenagers-transition-future-tavistock-clinic-2023-5d6m608lf
(Oct 23, 2021). Biggest firms won’t record sex of bosses under diversity plans
(Oct 9, 2024). BMA has no evidence to reject my trans review, says Hilary Cass. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/bma-has-no-evidence-to-reject-my-trans-review-says-hilary-cass-6qd7mw5xs
(Sep 9, 2022). Don’t call mothers ‘she’ in advice on maternity, Stonewall urges Oxford. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/dont-call-mothers-she-in-advice-on-maternity-stonewall-urges-oxford-qr59gwb8b
(Feb 20, 2021). Court challenge over census sex question
(Dec 13, 2024). MPs wrong to claim puberty blockers ban is discrimination, Cass says. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/hilary-cass-puberty-blocker-ban-misinformation-2dc36vpd5
(Oct 16, 2023). JK Rowling makes surprise appearance at feminist conference in Glasgow. https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/jk-rowling-surprise-appearance-feminist-conference-2ws0wg0hr
(Nov 25, 2017 ). Trans teenager Lily Madigan applies for Jo Cox women’s leadership scheme. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/trans-teenager-lily-madigan-applies-for-jo-cox-women-s-leadership-scheme-78vs7r2pj
(Mar 17, 2024). Puberty blocker clinic accepted £20k donation from ‘sugar daddy’. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/private-clinic-puberty-blockers-sugar-daddy-donation-tzp6md8g6
(Nov 8, 2018 ). Woman’s Hour host Jenni Murray pulls out of Oxford talk after being accused of transphobia. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/woman-s-hour-host-accused-of-transphobia-pulls-out-of-oxford-talk-k58pmbcgb
(Dec 5, 2020). David Bell: Tavistock gender clinic whistleblower faces the sack. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/david-bell-tavistock-gender-clinic-whistleblower-faces-the-sack-rtkl09907
(Jul 29, 2022). Tavistock child gender clinic forced to close over safety fears
(Jan 28, 2018 ). Trans women should be treated as women, says Corbyn
(May 29, 2024 ). Doctors may be struck off under new UK ban on puberty blockers. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/puberty-blockers-ban-restrictions-uk-under-18s-5xvpl8f3c
(Feb 3, 2021). Puberty blockers ‘stunt bone growth of children’
(Apr 27, 2019). Mother of all legal rows for trans man and his baby – Law
(Aug 16, 2021). Transgender guidance for schools ‘based on flawed data’
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