Suzanne Moore vs. transgender people

Suzanne Moore is a British writer, sex segregationist, and anti-transgender activist. Moore is a key historic figure in British anti-trans media. Moore has written for several anti-traans publications, including New Statesman, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and UnHerd.

Background

Suzanne Lynn Moore was born on July 17, 1958 in Ipswich, Suffolk. Moore graduated Northgate Grammar School for Girls. Moore attended Middlesex University London (the Middlesex Poly) starting in 1982. Moore left the PhD program for work as a cultural critic at Marxism Today and the New Statesman. Moore has written for The Independent, The Mail on Sunday, The Guardian, and The Telegraph. Moore won the 2019 Orwell Prize. Two anthologies of Moore’s work have been published: Looking for Trouble (1991) and Head over Heels (1996).

Moore has three children.

Anti-trans activism

Moore had become notorious for provocative anti-transender statements on social media.

In 2013, a piece Moore had written for the 2012 anthology Red was reposted in New Statesman. It included this passage:

The cliché is that female anger is always turned inwards rather than outwards into despair. We are angry with ourselves for not being happier, not being loved properly and not having the ideal body shape – that of a Brazilian transsexual.

After many objected to this passage, Moore doubled down with a response:

Gender, we thought, was just a performance, a social construct, though no one ever explained why we are compelled to repeat the same performance over and over. I had a baby, which was somehow more than “performative”. Others I knew had sex changes. Or transitioning, as it is now called. Mostly this seemed to be an obsession with secondary sexual characteristics: peeing sitting down if they had been a man, wearing horrible lumberjack shirts and refusing to wash up if they had been a woman. The radical fluidity of gender vaporised. Some trans people appeared to reinforce every gender stereotype going.

Julie Burchill wrote a defensei of Moore titled “Transsexuals should cut it out” that called trans women “bed-wetters in bad wigs” and “dicks in chicks’ clothing.” That piece was withdrawn by the editor, who apologized. Anti-trans troll Toby Young later republished Burchill’s piece.

Moore continued to make anti-trans comments on social media, occasionally leaving various platforms before returning.

In 2020, after historian Selina Todd spoke at a Woman’s Place UK event, Todd was disinvited from a National Women’s Liberation Conference celebration at Exeter College. In response, Moore published a Guardian column outlining several sex segregationist views:

The radical insight of feminism is that gender is a social construct – that girls and women are not fated to be feminine, that boys and men don’t have to be masculine. But we have gone through the looking-glass and are being told that sex is a construct. […]

The materiality of having a female body may mean rape or it may mean childbirth – but we still seek liberation from gender. In some transgender ideology, we are told the opposite: gender is material and therefore can be possessed by whoever claims it, and it is sex as a category that is a social construction. Thus, sex-based rights, protected in law, can be done away with. […]

Male violence is an issue for women, which is why we want single-sex spaces. Vulnerable women in refuges and prisons must be allowed to live in safe environments – the common enemy here is the patriarchy, remember? How did we arrive at a situation where there are shocking and rising numbers of teenage girls presenting at specialist clinics with gender dysphoria, while some who have transitioned are now regretful and infertile?

More than 200 politicians, journalists, and activists signed a letter denouncing the piece:

“We reject the argument put forward in a column by by Suzanne Moore in which she implies that advocating for trans rights poses a threat to cisgender women. The British Social Attitudes Survey (2017) found that a majority of the British public were supportive of transgender people, with women more likely to be in favour of trans rights than men. Moore’s column does not represent the views of the public, nor is it representative of the views of most women.”

After leaving the Guardian later that year, Moore revealed in UnHerd that Guardian editors had removed other anti-trans statements from pieces prior to publication.

Looking back, I see that by the late Eighties and early Nineties, I had already picked up on something that perturbed me. A denial of female biology, of our ability to name and define our experience. Some of this came from certain strands of postmodern theory where objective reality gives way only to multiple subjectivities. A kind of gender tourism became possible. Everyone could be everything. A new kind of feminism came into being, one in which flesh and blood women and our desires became somehow a bit dull. Feminism without women. Grow a child inside you and push it out of your body and tell me this is a construct. (NB: no one has to have children.) […]

No, what I most didn’t and don’t like is the erasing of female bodies and female voices and female experience and our ability to name it.

What I care about fundamentally is the right of women to meet in single sex spaces and assert themselves as a class, a sex class — one that is oppressed by a patriarchal system. By men, even sometimes the good ones. As for the bad ones, they are the ones who rape and kill trans folk, too.

Feminism has to be able to talk about bodies. Many of the advances women have made in my lifetime — reproductive rights, more choice over how we give birth, discussions of menstruation and menopause — depend on biology, the biology we were now told was irrelevant.

The Telegraph

In 2021, Moore joined The Telegraph as a columnist. Moore’s anti-trans content grew more strident and frequent over the years. In 2025, the vast majority of Moore’s columns were anti-trans rants.

References

Lewis, Sophie (Fall 2024). TERF Island: There have always been enemies inside the feminist camp. Lux Magazine https://lux-magazine.com/article/terf-island/

Thurlow, Claire (2024). ‘It’s just common sense’: A Critical Exploration of Contemporary Trans-Exclusionary Feminism. Cardiff University https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169922/1/2024ThurlowCPhD.pdf

Maurice, Emma Powys (December 11, 2020). Suzanne Moore defends Boris Johnson’s ‘right’ to say Muslim women ‘look like letter boxes.’ PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/11/suzanne-moore-bbc-newsnight-kirsty-wark-boris-johnson-muslim-free-speech/

Stone, Gemma (December 5, 2020). As Expected, Suzanne Moore has been silenced apparently. Medium https://medium.com/@notCursedE/as-expected-suzanne-moore-has-been-silenced-apparently-79e11798ceaa

Tobitt, Charlotte (November 17, 2020). Suzanne Moore leaves Guardian months after staff send letter of revolt over ‘transphobic content.’ PressGazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/suzanne-moore-leaves-guardian-months-after-staff-send-letter-of-revolt-over-transphobic-content/

Kim, Michelle Hyun (March 6, 2020). 200+ feminists sign letter denouncing anti-trans Guardian essay. them https://www.them.us/story/suzanne-moore-guardian-anti-trans

Parsons, Vic (March 5, 2020). Hundreds of feminists write to The Guardian rejecting argument that trans rights threaten women. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/03/05/the-guardian-anti-trans-editorial-feminists-letter-suzanne-moore-transphobia/

Forrester, Kate (March 3, 2020). Trans Woman Announces Resignation From The Guardian In Packed Staff Meeting Amid Transphobia Row: The woman is the third trans person in months to walk out of the newspaper – this time over a controversial column by Suzanne Moore. Huffpost UK https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dfgdfgdfgfd_uk_5e5e7444c5b6732f50e8d509

Scotee, Scotee (October 29, 2015). Why are so many feminists transphobic? iid https://i-d.co/article/why-are-so-many-feminists-transphobic/

Rose, Katrina (January 17, 2013). Sounds Like a Threat to Me. TransAdvocate https://www.transadvocate.com/sounds-like-a-threat-to-me_n_8304.htm

Burnett, Dean (January 15, 2013). Julie Burchill, transphobia and hostility towards the victims of oppression. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2013/jan/15/julie-burchill-transphobia-hostility-victims-oppression

Sweeney, Mark (January 14, 2013). The Observer withdraws Julie Burchill column as editor publishes apology. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jan/14/observer-withdraws-julie-burchill-column

Roberts, Scott (January 11, 2013). Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore leaves Twitter following transphobic row. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2013/01/11/guardian-columnist-suzanne-moore-leaves-twitter-following-transphobic-row/

McCormick, Joseph (January 10, 2013). Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore refuses to apologise after accusations of transphobia. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2013/01/10/suzanne-moore-my-use-of-the-word-transsexual-in-an-article-was-irrelevant/

Anti-trans coverage

Jones, Owen (August 6, 2021). The lies of anti-trans rights activists need to be rebutted once and for all. Medium https://owenjones84.medium.com/the-lies-of-anti-trans-rights-activists-need-to-be-rebutted-once-and-for-all-2780ad5f908

Jones, Jane Clare (2021). Wokeism and the Left: Jane Clare Jones in Conversation With Suzanne Moore. The Radical Notion https://theradicalnotion.org/wokeism-and-the-left-jane-clare-jones-in-conversation-with-suzanne-moore/

Shields, Bevan (December 6, 2020). Cancelled Suzanne Moore speaks up on way out. The Sydney Morning Herald https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/don-t-go-into-journalism-if-you-just-want-to-be-liked-cancelled-suzanne-moore-speaks-up-on-way-out-20201204-p56kjv.html

Wilby, Peter (November 24, 2020). First Thoughts: How Suzanne Moore split the Guardian. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2020/11/first-thoughts-how-suzanne-moore-split-guardian

Driscoll, Margarette (November 25, 2020). Suzanne Moore: ‘I was betrayed and bullied for saying that women should not be silenced’. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/suzanne-moore-betrayed-bullied-saying-women-should-not-silenced/

Todd, Selina (November 21, 2020). Suzanne Moore defended my views on sex and identity. Now it’s my turn to stand up for her. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/suzanne-moore-defended-my-views-on-sex-and-identity-now-its-my-turn-to-stand-up-for-her-xp3ztr5g9

Gordon, Amy; Robinson, James (November 17, 2020). Comment is free (unless you’re a ‘transphobe’): Death of free speech at the Guardian as columnist Suzanne Moore quits after 300 staff sign petition against her claim that gender is more than a ‘feeling.’ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8958283/Columnist-Suzanne-Moore-quits-Guardian.html

Massie, Alex (November 16, 2020). Suzanne Moore’s departure is a sad day for the Guardian. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/suzanne-moore-s-departure-is-a-sad-day-for-the-guardian

Bindel, Julie (March 19, 2020). The appalling treatment of Suzanne Moore. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-appalling-treatment-of-suzanne-moore/

O’Neill, Brendan (March 10, 2020). In defence of Suzanne Moore: Trans women are not women and that’s all there is to it. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/03/10/in-defence-of-suzanne-moore/

Gray, Lachlan Moffet (Mar 8, 2020). Guardian staff blast ‘anti-trans’ column. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/guardian-staff-blast-suzanne-moores-antitrans-column/news-story/702cef6025f63387602273aaf6904ac9

Massie, Alex (March 7, 2020). The row over Suzanne Moore is a test for the Guardian’s liberal credentials. The Spectator https://spectator.com/article/the-row-over-suzanne-moore-is-a-test-for-the-guardian-s-liberal-credentials/

Strudwick, Patrick (March 6, 2020). Hundreds Of Staff At The Guardian Have Signed A Letter To The Editor Criticising Its “Transphobic Content.” Buzzfeed News https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/guardian-staff-trans-rights-letter

Editors (March 4, 2020). Letters: Differing perspectives on transgender rights. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/04/differing-perspectives-on-transgender-rights

Rolland, Gonzague (February 12, 2021). Suzanne Moore, the disliked ex-witch of the “Guardian.” CTRLZ https://ctrlzmag.com/suzanne-moore-the-disliked-ex-witch-of-the-guardian/

Selected writing by Moore

Moore, Suzanne (December 29, 2025). This must be the year Britain finally kills off trans ideology. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/29/suzanne-moore-year-finally-kill-trans-ideology/

Moore, Suzanne (December 22, 2025). No wonder the NHS is in crisis when nurses are forced to deny biology. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/22/nurses-are-forced-to-deny-biology/

Moore, Suzanne (November 24, 2025). Wes Streeting said he’d protect children from the trans contagion. It was a lie. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/24/puberty-blocker-trial-betrayal-streeting-must-stop/

Moore, Suzanne (November 12, 2025). The Olympics is finally turning its back on trans nonsense. Now others must do the same. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/12/the-olympics-is-finally-turning-its-back-on-trans-nonsense/

Moore, Suzanne (November 5, 2025). The BBC’s trans lies are grotesque. I’m not paying the licence fee. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/05/bbc-trans-lies-grotesque-not-paying-licence-fee/

Moore, Suzanne (October 16, 2025). Only one side of the trans ‘debate’ blocks free speech and uses violence. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/16/trans-book-banning-hypocrites-causing-violence/

Moore, Suzanne (September 29, 2025). Emma Watson’s treatment of JK Rowling exposes her as a deluded hypocrite. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/29/emma-watson-jk-rowling-trans-rights/

Moore, Suzanne (September 22, 2025). Zarah Sultana is right, Jeremy Corbyn does have a woman problem. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/22/zarah-sultana-jeremy-corbyn-woman-problem/

Moore, Suzanne (September 2, 2025). The arrest of gender-critical Graham Linehan is insane. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/02/gender-critical-graham-linehan-arrest-free-speech/

Moore, Suzanne (August 27, 2025). If we can’t trust the BBC to stop calling obviously male criminals ‘women’, we will go elsewhere. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/27/bbc-wants-trust-stop-calling-male-criminals-women/

Moore, Suzanne (August 6, 2025). Bra-buying is excruciating enough without ‘help’ from trans M&S workers. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/06/young-girls-bras-marks-and-spencers-trans-workers/

Moore, Suzanne (July 21, 2025). I admit to being a ‘Terf’: Tired of Explaining Reality to Fools. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/21/i-admit-to-being-a-terf/

Moore, Suzanne (July 14, 2025). Why is the NHS spending hundreds of thousands of pounds attacking women? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/14/sandie-peggie-tribunal-nhs-trans-row-suzanne-moore/

Moore, Suzanne (June 30, 2025). The trans rights grift is over. The sooner everyone accepts that the better. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/30/the-supreme-courts-trans-ruling-is-the-new-brexit/

Moore, Suzanne (June 2, 2025). The BBC is spouting gender nonsense again with its new trans drama. When will it learn? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/02/what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl-bbc-trans-paris-lees/

Moore, Suzanne (May 28, 2025). Woke barrister Jolyon will find JK Rowling a far tougher opponent than the fox he beat to death. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/28/jolyon-maugham-accuses-jk-rowling-of-anti-feminism/

Moore, Suzanne (May 13, 2025). A woman saying no to trans ideology should be enough. In the NHS it isn’t. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/13/a-woman-saying-no-to-trans-ideology-should-be-enough/

Moore, Suzanne (April 28, 2025). Finally, we’re screening ‘trans’ children for autism – but let’s not swap one mania for another. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/28/trans-children-autism-overdiagnose-neurodivergence/

Moore, Suzanne (April 24, 2025). Alastair Campbell’s attempt to argue against the Supreme Court ruling is just embarrassing. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/24/alastair-campbell-thinks-women-fighting-trans-activism/

Moore, Suzanne (Aoril 21, 2025). I will never stop arguing for women’s rights – even when the trans lobby call me the enemy. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2025/04/21/what-happened-to-womens-rights/

Moore, Suzanne (April 16, 2025). The courts have spelled out what our politicians are too scared to say. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/16/courts-spelled-out-what-politicians-are-too-scared-to-say/

Moore, Suzanne (April 15, 2025). The Supreme Court ruling on what it means to be a woman is a chance to take back our rights. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/15/suzanne-moore-equality-law-revamp-definition-of-a-woman/

Moore, Suzanne (March 25, 2025). The woke institutions backpedalling on trans ideology owe the public a huge apology. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/25/woke-institutions-backpedalling-on-trans-ideology/

Moore, Suzanne (March 21, 2025). The Bad Column. Five Years On… Letters from Suzanne https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/the-bad-column-five-years-on

Moore, Suzanne (February 17, 2025). Why would any woman work for the NHS after this nurse’s experience? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/17/woman-work-nhs-nurse-experience/

Moore, Suzanne (February 15, 2025). Female-only app founder Sall Grover: ‘I’ve been called a “Nazi bigot” for my trans views.’ The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/15/female-only-app-founder-sall-grover-trans-views/

Moore, Suzanne (February 11, 2025). It’s shameful that it has taken Nigel Farage to kill off Labour’s trans obsession. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/11/nigel-farage-has-killed-labour-trans-obsession/

Moore, Suzanne (January 29, 2025). Trump’s ban on gender transitioning has turned the tide on an indefensible cult. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/29/trump-ban-gender-transitioning-turned-the-tide-cult/

Moore, Suzanne (December 17, 2024). Time wasted on trans ideology has meant more pregnant women dying under the NHS. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/17/time-wasted-on-trans-ideology-means-pregnant-women-dying/

Moore, Suzanne (December 10, 2024). The trans cult is crumbling in Europe – now America needs to catch up. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/10/the-trans-cult-is-crumbling-in-europe-america-must-catch-up/

Moore, Suzanne (November 12, 2024). Alastair Campbell is mansplaining what women have been telling him for a decade. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/12/alastair-campbell-rest-is-politics-mansplains-women-trans/

Moore, Suzanne (November 12, 2024). The ‘male menopause’ is the peak of our institutions’ ‘biology is not real’ insanity. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/12/the-nhs-is-failing-women-its-their-male-menopause-policy/

Moore, Suzanne (October 29, 2024). Clare Balding is wrong – mixed-sex sport will only ostracise women. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/29/clare-balding-mixed-sex-sport-women-trans-athletes/

Moore, Suzanne (September 24, 2024). Labour can’t be trusted to protect women – they can’t even define one. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/24/labour-party-conference-womens-rights-trans-starmer/

Moore, Suzanne (August 26, 2024). Roxanne Tickle proves that trans rights now trump women’s rights. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/08/26/roxanne-tickle-proves-trans-rights-now-trump-womens-rights/

Moore, Suzanne (August 12, 2024). Seb Coe could be the saviour of women’s sport – and put an end to the ridiculous gender rows. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/08/12/seb-coe-ioc-president-olympics-gender-parity-womens-sport/

Moore, Suzanne (August 1, 2024). A woman has been punched by a biological male – is this what we now call sport? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/08/01/angela-carini-imane-khelif-italian-boxer-punched/

Moore, Suzanne (July 16, 2024). Wes Streeting will suffer unhinged abuse simply for protecting children. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/07/16/wes-streeting-suffer-unhinged-abuse-protecting-children/

Moore, Suzanne (June 25, 2024). If Keir actually listened to women, I’d have more time for his morally superior ‘feminist’ posturing. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/06/25/sir-keir-labour-womens-rights-general-election-2024/

Moore, Suzanne (June 5, 2024). I won’t vote Tory, but there’s a good reason Labour haven’t won me over yet. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/06/05/not-vote-tory-labour-protect-womens-rights/

Moore, Suzanne (May 21, 2024). Another win against the trans lobby shows why Starmer’s gender plans are all wrong. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/05/21/edinburgh-rape-crisis-centre-trans-lobby-starmer-gender/

Moore, Suzanne (May 6, 2024). Don’t trans activists get it? Single-sex loos are about privacy not gender. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/05/06/suzanne-moore-single-sex-toilets-privacy/

Moore, Suzanne (April 30, 2024). Stonewall’s guidance on gender doesn’t stand up in law. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/30/stonewall-guidance-no-basis-in-law-gender-critical-tribunal/

Moore, Suzanne (April 23, 2024). People are in denial following the Cass report – it’s like deprogramming cult members. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/23/suzanne-moore-cass-review-report-cult/

Moore, Suzanne (April 9, 2024). Trans children have been lied to by adults – the Cass report may now see the legal dam break. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/09/cass-report-trans-children-have-been-lied-to-by-adults/

Moore, Suzanne (April 5, 2024). JK Rowling’s victory over Humza Yousaf’s hate crime laws is a victory for all women. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/05/jk-rowling-courage-snp-scotland-hate-crime-law-humza-yousaf/

Moore, Suzanne (March 17, 2024). Denying Sex, Denying Death: Reflections on the last four years. Letters from Suzanne https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/denying-sex-denying-death

Moore, Suzanne (March 12, 2024). Our worst fears about gender treatment have been confirmed in leaked documents. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/03/12/leaks-us-gender-group-wpath/

Moore, Suzanne (March 5, 2024). I won’t sacrifice my safety just so a trans woman feels validated. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/03/05/transgender-men-women-hampstead-ponds-women-safety/

Moore, Suzanne (January 30, 2024). I don’t need my sexuality affirmed at a railway station – I just want the trains to run on time. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/01/30/london-bridge-pride-column-trains-virtue-signalling/

Moore, Suzanne (January 16, 2024). In Scotland no one can define gender identity – so how can the country legislate for it? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/01/16/scotland-gender-identity-sex-transgender-yousaf-roddick/

Moore, Suzanne (December 12, 2023). Why can’t people accept that some trans women are just conmen? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/12/12/some-transgender-women-conmen-self-id-scotland/

Moore, Suzanne (October 31, 2023). The Welsh government’s fixation on trans issues is baffling. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/10/31/welsh-government-fixation-trans-issues-baffling/

Moore, Suzanne (September5, 2023). Even private chats can get you cancelled by gender ideologues. The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/09/05/roisin-murphy-moloko-cancelling-no-private-conversation/

Moore, Suzanne (August 18, 2023). Banning free speech in the name of inclusivity and diversity is the Fringe’s sickest joke. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/graham-linehan-edinburgh-fringe-banning-free-speech/

Moore, Suzanne (July 31, 2023). Why did Jacqueline Rose erase women? Her attack on biological sex is patriarchy in drag. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/07/why-did-jacqueline-rose-erase-women/

Moore, Suzanne (July 29, 2023). Sir Keir Starmer has changed his trans self ID stance – but he needs his MPs to follow. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/07/29/sir-keir-starmer-labour-trans-policy-duffield-russell-moyle/

Moore, Suzanne (June 27, 2023). I long defended the BBC, but I can’t justify the licence fee anymore. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/06/27/bbc-tv-license-refuse-to-pay/

Moore, Suzanne (June 8, 2023). ‘Terf’ is the ultimate slur against women. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/terf-ultimate-slur-against-women-transphobia-feminism/

Moore, Suzanne (May 30, 2023). The cult of gender ideology is finally disintegrating. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/05/30/the-cult-of-gender-ideology-finally-crumbling/

Moore, Suzanne (April 18, 2023). Our hospitals are not safe places for women. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/04/18/our-hospitals-are-not-safe-for-women/

Moore, Suzanne (April 11, 2023). Even the trans lobby can’t override biology in sport. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/04/11/lia-thomas-transgender-swimmer-riley-gaines-sport-biology/

Moore, Suzanne (April 4, 2023). Keir Starmer’s mishandling of the trans debate is an open goal for the Tories. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/04/04/keir-starmer-trans-debate-labour-women-gender/

Moore, Suzanne (March 1, 2023). The ‘reactionary feminist’ who rails against progress – and the pill. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/reactionary-feminist-who-rails-against-progress-pill/

Moore, Suzanne (February 21, 2023). Thank god, younger generations are finally turning their back on the ridiculous woke agenda. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/02/21/thank-god-gen-z-finally-turning-back-ridiculous-woke-agenda/

Moore, Suzanne (February 14, 2023). Time to Think review: the book that tells the full story of the Tavistock’s trans scandal. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/time-think-review-book-tells-full-story-tavistocks-trans-scandal/

Moore, Suzanne (January 24, 2023). The Scottish Gender Recognition row has caused some particular nasties to crawl out. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/01/24/trans-activists-giving-men-even-power-women/

Moore, Suzanne (January 23, 2023). Women, get ready to fight for our rights this year. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/01/03/women-get-ready-fight-rights-year/

Moore, Suzanne (December 13, 2022). JK Rowling is right – safe spaces for women must be protected. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/12/13/jk-rowling-right-safe-spaces-women-must-protected/

Moore, Suzanne (December 6, 2022). The Guardian is hiding the truth about trans. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/12/06/guardian-hiding-truth-trans/

Moore, Suzanne (November 28, 2022). Transgender Jesus? The Church has much more important things to worry about. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/11/28/transgender-jesus-church-has-much-important-things-worry/

Moore, Suzanne (November 15, 2022). Even the New York Times is waking up to the truth about trans. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/15/even-new-york-times-waking-truth-trans/

Moore, Suzanne (September 27, 2022). It’s not transphobic to question child chest binding. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/09/27/not-transphobic-question-child-chest-binding/

Moore, Suzanne (August 15, 2022). We should have defended JK Rowling when we had the chance. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/08/16/should-have-defended-jk-rowling-when-had-chance/

Moore, Suzanne (August 2, 2022). Labour’s trans-rights policy is looking increasingly absurd. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/08/02/labours-trans-rights-policy-looking-increasingly-absurd/

Moore, Suzanne (July 28, 2022). We will look back with horror at this mutilation of children done in the name of medicine. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/28/will-look-back-horror-mutilation-children-done-name-medicine/

Moore, Suzanne (May 31, 2022). The sexual revolution has backfired on women. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/05/31/sexual-revolution-came-cost-modern-mary-whitehouse-right/

Moore, Suzanne (May 17, 2022). Trans rights ‘activists’ give protesters a bad name. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/05/17/trans-rights-activists-give-protesters-bad-name/

Moore, Suzanne (April 26, 2022). If Stonewall doesn’t represent a woman like Allison Bailey, then who is it for? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/04/26/stonewall-doesnt-represent-woman-like-allison-bailey/

Moore, Suzanne (April 15, 2022). How the Guardian enables Owen Jones: Trans people are pawns in his narcissistic war. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/04/how-the-guardian-enables-owen-jones/

Moore, Suzanne (April 11, 2022). The truth about my raucous lunch with JK Rowling. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/truth-raucous-lunch-jk-rowling/

Moore, Suzanne (March 29, 2022). In war zones there’s no doubt what a woman is. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/03/29/war-zones-no-doubt-woman/

Moore, Suzanne (March 10, 2022). When did ‘woman’ become the hardest word to define? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/did-woman-become-hardest-word-define/

Moore, Suzanne (March 8, 2022). Let’s be honest on International Women’s Day – we have gone backwards, not forwards. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/03/08/honest-international-womens-day-have-gone-backwards-not-forwards/

Moore, Suzanne (February 22, 2022). JK Rowling is too big to cancel – so now the Left wants to pretend she never existed. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/02/22/jk-rowling-big-cancel-now-left-wants-pretend-never-existed/

Moore, Suzanne (February 1, 2022). Our ‘inclusive’ world is anything but – it excludes women, renames us and disappears us. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/02/01/inclusive-world-anything-excludes-women-renames-us-disappears/

Moore, Suzanne (January 11, 2022). Vulnerable women are the ones who are suffering in the trans-identified male row. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2022/01/11/vulnerable-women-ones-suffering-trans-identified-male-row/

Moore, Suzanne (December 21, 2021). The year we gave up on reality: Some lies matter more than others. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/12/the-year-we-gave-up-on-reality/

Moore, Suzanne (December 14, 2021). To think you can undermine women’s rights and disappear JK Rowling is magical thinking. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/12/14/think-can-undermine-womens-rights-disappear-jk-rowling-magical/

Moore, Suzanne (October 26, 2021). Today, even a game of bingo can be turned into a trans issue. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/10/26/today-even-game-bingo-can-turned-trans-issue/

Moore, Suzanne (October 14, 2021). This is not a trans issue – we must all stand up for free speech. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/10/14/not-trans-issue-must-stand-free-speech/

Moore, Suzanne (October 9, 2021). Universities have a moral duty to defend dissident academics like Kathleen Stock. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/09/universities-have-moral-duty-defend-dissident-academics-like/

Moore, Suzanne (September 28, 2021). Does Mrs Starmer have a cervix? … and other questions I have about Labour’s woman problem. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/09/28/does-mrs-starmer-have-cervix-questions-have-labours-woman-problem/

Moore, Suzanne (September 21, 2021). To be a woman in the public eye today means pricing in the vitriol. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/09/21/woman-public-eye-today-means-pricing-vitriol/

Moore, Suzanne (September 14, 2021). How did the Tories become the only party to protect women? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/09/14/did-tories-become-party-protect-women/

Moore, Suzanne (August 30, 2021). The Manchester Pride video shows you can now be ‘the wrong kind of gay.’ The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/08/30/manchester-pride-video-shows-can-now-wrong-kind-gay/

Moore, Suzanne (August 2, 2021). Laurel Hubbard’s Olympic quest hasn’t helped trans rights. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/08/02/laurel-hubbards-olympic-quest-hasnt-helped-trans-rights/

Moore, Suzanne (July 13, 2021). If we can’t use the word ‘woman’ about childbirth, we’re in trouble. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/07/13/cant-use-word-woman-childbirth-trouble/

Moore, Suzanne (June 10, 2021). Maya Forstater’s victory injects some good sense into the toxic trans debate. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/10/maya-forstaters-victory-injects-good-sense-toxic-trans-debate/

Moore, Suzanne (May 29, 2021). It’s wrong to erase women for the rights of others. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2021/05/25/wrong-erase-women-rights-others/

Moore, Suzanne (March 30, 2021). The women’s vote counts – so why don’t women? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/womens-vote-counts-dont-women/

Moore, Suzanne (March 15, 2021). What today’s young women should learn from older generations. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/can-turn-moment-movement-women/

Moore, Suzanne (March 8, 2021). I don’t know what the point of International Women’s Day is any more. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/dont-know-point-international-womens-day/

Moore, Suzanne (February 27, 2021). Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, review: Jordan Peterson is back with a self-help book that is not here to hug you better. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/beyond-order-12-rules-life-review-jordan-peterson-back-self/

Moore, Suzanne (February 9, 2021). The only wrong way to be a woman these days is to stand up for women’s rights. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/wrong-way-woman-days-stand-womens-rights/

Moore, Suzanne (January 19, 2021). The kindest among us are the quietest about it. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/kindest-among-usare-quietest/

Moore, Suzanne (November 25, 2020). Why I had to leave The Guardian. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/11/why-i-had-to-leave-the-guardian/

Moore, Suzanne (August 3, 2020). If we can’t define what a woman is, how can we organise politically? The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/03/define-what-a-woman-is-organise-politically-suzanne-moore

Moore, Suzanne (June 11, 2020). Who decided that letting posh young actors police my womanhood was progress? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/decided-letting-posh-young-actors-police-womanhood-progress/

Moore, Suzanne (March 10, 2020). I wish everyone raw strength, however they identify. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/i-wish-everyone-strength-however-they-identify-suzanne-moore

Moore, Suzanne (March 2, 2020). Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/women-must-have-the-right-to-organise-we-will-not-be-silenced

Moore, Suzanne (February 14, 2020). The trans rights charter is another way for Labour to put women in their place. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/02/14/trans-rights-charter-another-way-labour-put-women-intheir-place/

Moore, Suzanne (April 8, 2018). Jacqueline Rose’s book offers a clear-sighted analysis of what it means to be a mother. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2018/04/jacqueline-rose-s-book-offers-clear-sighted-analysis-what-it-means-be-mother

Moore, Suzanne (September 5, 2016). Suzanne Moore: Why I was wrong about men. You can’t hate them all, can you? Actually, I can. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2016/09/suzanne-moore-why-i-was-wrong-about-men

Moore, Suzanne (October 8, 2015). When you receive death threats online, it’s good to know who has your back. The Guardian https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2015/10/when-you-receive-death-threats-online-its-good-know-who-has-your-back

Moore, Suzanne (July 3, 2015). When I worked at Marxism Today, my desire to earn a living proved to be somewhat déclassé. The Guardian https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/07/when-i-worked-marxism-today-my-desire-earn-living-proved-be-somewhat-d-class

Moore, Suzanne (January 8, 2013). Seeing red: the power of female anger. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/seeing-red-power-female-anger [archive]

Moore, Suzanne (January 9, 2013). I don’t care if you were born a woman or became one. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/09/dont-care-if-born-woman

Books

Media

Tufty / Woman’s Hour with Suzanne Moore (December 12, 2022). Suzanne Moore discusses JK Rowling’s Beira’s Place on Woman’s Hour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGMomyUSJ9A

The Telegraph with Steven Edginton and Suzanne Moore (October 15, 2021). Suzanne Moore on left-wing “puritanism” & threats to free speech | Off Script. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l586S4zuzVo

Woman’s Place UK with Suzanne Moore and Kathleen Stock (May 8, 2021). A Woman’s Place in a Material World (Suzanne Moore & Kathleen Stock) remastered audio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEAxgliyygM

ReNEWS with Suzanne Moore (April 29, 2021). ReNEWS Culture Wars conversation, with guest Suzanne Moore on identity politics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2UPeEOXBF8

The Mess We’re In with Graham Linehan, “Arty Morty,” Helen Staniland, and Suzanne Moore (December 18, 2020). The Mess We’re In Ep. #27: Suzanne Moore! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNOMeqmhnes

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers and Suzanne Moore (November 24, 2020). Suzanne Moore: driven out of the Guardian by the trans row. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSVd36xEplY

Novara Media / The Fix with Suzanne Moore (November 12, 2017). Interview with Suzanne Moore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0TmGq1bfso