Nick Wallis is an author, news presenter, and anti-transgender activist. Wallis publishes the anti-trans Gender Blog and attended the 2024 conference held by anti-trans hate group Genspect.
Background
Nick J. Wallis graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 1995. Wallis worked for the BBC from 2001 to 2008, In 2008, Wallis worked for ITV London and Channel 5 News at BSkyB. From 2009 to 2012 Wallis presented a morning show for BBC Surrey, In 2012, Wallis edited Newsbeat for BBC Radio 1 and was a columnist for Surrey Life until 2013. In 2013, Wallis began a working relationship with ITN, intially as a freelance reporter, then as a reporter from 2016 to 2024. From 2013 to 2015, Wallis was a presenter at Channel 5 and a BBC investigative reporter. In 2015, Wallis produced the exposé Trouble at the Post Office for BBC Panorama. Wallis began freelancing in 2021.
Wallis and spouse have three children.
Anti-trans activism
Wallis got involved in anti-trans activism in November 2024 after seeing puberty blockers described as “fully reversible,” writing:
Gender critical (or as I prefer, sex realist) types often talk about “peaking” – the moment at which you realise that gender ideology has the potential for – or is – causing harm. My moment came when I heard someone use the phrase “completely reversible” in the context of drugs which can block puberty in children. It struck me that any drug powerful enough to stop puberty cannot be reversed without a time-machine.
Since that time, Wallis has posted about a number of trials and public controversies involving other anti-trans activists.
In 2024, Wallis presented at the Battle of Ideas festival, equating gender recognition laws as a “scandal” akin to the UK Post Office scandal and Muslim grooming gang scandal:
For Women Scotland (FWS) is a women’s rights advocacy group that was set up in 2018 to oppose the SNP’s attempts to force gender self-identification through Holyrood. Even when the Gender Recognition Reform Bill was blocked by the Tory UK government, the then first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, continued to defend the policy. In a car-crash press conference, she famously refused to say whether double-rapist Adam Graham/Isla Bryson, who was initially sent to a female jail, was a man or a woman. The scandal caused a huge public outcry and has been partially blamed for Sturgeon’s sudden resignation a few months later. The furore also forged For Women Scotland into a formidable campaign group that eventually won a famous victory in clarifying equality law at the Supreme Court.
Wallis has expressed interest in developing Britain’s 2025 anti-trans Supreme Court ruling on gender identity into a TV movie, with the sex segregationists of For Women Scotland as the heroes.
References
Battle of Ideas Festival (October 18, 2024). Nick Wallis – Rape gangs, Post Office and Scottish self-ID: an anatomy of three scandals. https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/rape-gangs-post-office-and-scottish-self-id-an-anatomy-of-three-scandals/
Coverage in anti-trans press
McDonald, Craig (October 19 2025). Supreme Court gender ID case could be made into TV drama. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/supreme-court-gender-id-case-could-be-made-into-tv-drama-3kbz6tng2
Selected anti-trans writing by Wallis
Wallis, Nick (November 07 2025,). Gender-critical film worker sues former employer over trans rights speech. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/trans-child-women-only-spaces-skdtl3bcx
Wallis, Nick (July 16, 2025). The NHS data scandal. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/the-nhs-data-scandal/
Wallis, Nick (June 3, 2025). National Trust covers up artwork to “assess” it after stitching over JK Rowling’s name is removed. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/national-trust-covers-up-artwork-to-assess-it-after-stitching-over-jk-rowlings-name-is-removed/
Wallis, Nick (June 1, 2025). National Trust “deeply disappointed” by removal of JK Rowling stitch-over. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/national-trust-deeply-disappointed-by-removal-of-jk-rowling-stitch-over/
Wallis, Nick (March 28, 2025). Almut Gadow v Open University. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/almut-gadow-v-open-university/
Wallis, Nick (March 17, 2025). A message to you, GPs. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/a-message-to-you-gps/
Wallis, Nick (March 7, 2025). Dr Louise Irvine: the case against the NHS puberty-blocker trial. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/dr-louise-irvine-the-case-against-the-nhs-puberty-blocker-trial/
Wallis, Nick (March 7, 2025). Cross-post: Glenna Goldis. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/cross-post-glenna-goldis/
Wallis, Nick (February 24, 2025). Captured institutions and bad decisions. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/captured-institutions-and-bad-decisions/
Wallis, Nick (January 28, 2025). What exactly is a neophallus, then? Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/what-exactly-is-a-neophallus-then/
Wallis, Nick (January 15, 2025). What exactly is a neovagina, then? Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/what-exactly-is-a-neo-vagina-then/
Wallis, Nick (December 15, 2024). Discussing trans on the radio. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/discussing-trans-on-the-radio/
Wallis, Nick (December 10, 2024). Enemies of free speech. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/enemies-of-free-speech/
Wallis, Nick (November 27, 2024). For Women Scotland vs Scottish Govt. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/for-women-scotland-vs-scottish-govt/
Wallis, Nick (November 18, 2024). Heading to the Supreme Court. Gender Blog https://genderblog.net/heading-to-the-supreme-court/
Books
Wallis, Nick (2023). Depp v Heard: the unreal story. Bath Publishing, ISBN 978-1739134945
Wallis, Nick (2021). The Great Post Office Scandal: The fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people. GOODMI. ISBN 978-1916302389
Resources
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
Nick Wallis (nickwallis.com)
Gender Blog (genderblog.net)
Reporting Depp v Heard (reportingdeppvheard.net)
Post Office Trial (postofficetrial.com) [archive]
X/Twitter (x.com)
LinkTree (linktr.ee)
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LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
YouTube (youtube.com)