The Westminster Declaration is a 2023 open letter signed by many key anti-transgender extremists.
They claim to be a group of “free speech champions” who oppose the “censorship industrial complex.”
Signatories
Alphabetically by surname:
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Human Rights Activist, Author, Netherlands
- James Allan, Professor of Law, University of Queensland, UK
- Mia Ashton [Mia Hughes], Journalist, Canada
- Julian Assange, Editor, Founder of Wikileaks, Australia
- Stella Assange, Campaigner, UK
- Diane Atkinson, Historian, Biographer, UK
- Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive, Free Speech Union, New Zealand
- Xavier Azalbert, Investigative Scientific Journalist, France
- Marco Bassani, Political Theorist, Historian, Milan University, Italy
- Steven Berkoff, Actor, Playright, UK
- Jay Bhattacharya, Professor, Stanford, US
- Giorgio Bianchi, Independent Journalist, Italy
- Nigel Biggar, Chairman, Free Speech Union, UK
- Peter Boghossian, Philosopher, Founding Faculty Fellow, University of Austin, US
- Nellie Bowles, Journalist, USA
- Mathias Bröckers, Author, Journalist, Germany
- Dietrich Brüggemann, Filmmaker, Germany
- Paolo Cesaretti, Professor of Byzantine Civilization, University of Bergamo, Italy
- Melissa Chen, Journalist, Spectator, Singapore/US
- Robert Cibis, Filmmaker, Germany
- John Cleese, Comedian, Acrobat, UK
- Adam B. Coleman, Founder of Wrong Speak Publishing, US
- Alberto Contri, Mass Media Expert, Italy
- Adam Creighton, Journalist, Australia
- Richard Dawkins, Biologist, UK
- Alessandro Di Battista, Political Activist, Writer, Italy
- Nick Dixon, Comedian, UK
- Laura Dodsworth, Journalist and Author, UK
- Lee Fang, Independent Journalist, US
- Thomas Fazi, Independent Journalist, Italy
- Efrat Fenigson, Journalist, Podcaster, Israel
- Niall Ferguson, Historian, Stanford, UK
- Catherine Austin Fitts, The Solari Report, Netherlands
- Marcello Foa, Journalist, Former President of Rai, Italy
- Francis Foster, Comedian, UK
- Kmele Foster, Journalist, Media Entrepreneur, USA
- Claire Fox, Founder of the Academy of Ideas, UK
- Carlo Freccero, Television Author, Media Expert, Italy
- Dominic Frisby, Comedian, UK
- Juan Carlos Girauta, Politician, Spain
- Jill Glasspool-Malone, PhD., USA
- Sarah Gon, Director, Free Speech Union, South Africa
- David Goodhart, Journalist, Author, UK
- Matt Goodwin, Politics Professor, University of Kent, UK
- Glenn Greenwald, Journalist, US
- Julius Grower, Fellow, St. Hugh’s College, UK
- Ulrike Guerot, Founder of European Democracy Lab, Germany
- Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Oxford, UK
- Alex Gutentag, Journalist, US
- Jonathan Haidt, Social Psychologist, NYU, US
- Philip Hamburger, Professor of Law, Columbia, USA
- Julia Hartley-Brewer, Journalist, UK
- Chris Hedges, Journalist, Author, USA
- Ana Henkel, Independent Journalist, Brazil
- Heather E. Heying, Evolutionary Biologist, USA
- Jeremy Hildreth, Independent, UK
- Peter Hitchens, Author, Journalist, UK
- Coleman Hughes, Writer, Podcaster, USA
- Patrick Hughes, Artist, UK
- Jan Jekielek, Journalist, Canada
- Helen Joyce, Journalist, UK
- Izabella Kaminska, Journalist, The Blind Spot, UK
- Eric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics, Birkbeck, University of Buckingham, Canada
- Eve Kay, TV Producer, UK
- Aaron Kheiriaty, Psychiatrist, Author, USA
- Rueben Kirkham, Co-Director, Free Speech Union of Australia, Australia
- Konstantin Kisin, Author, UK
- Martin Kulldorf, Professor of Medicine (on leave), Harvard, US
- Holly Lawford-Smith, Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Catherine Liu, Cultural Theorist, Author, USA
- Isabella Loiodice, Professor of Comparative Public Law, University of Bari, Italy
- Carlo Lottieri, Philosopher, University of Verona, Italy
- Glenn Loury, Economist, USA
- Andrew Lowenthal, liber-net, Australia
- Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, USA
- Dara Macdonald, Co-Director, Free Speech Union, Australia
- Robert W. Malone, MD, MS, USA
- Winston Marshall, Journalist, The Spectator, UK
- Paola Mastrocola, Writer, Italy
- Aaron Mate, Journalist, USA
- Iain McGilchrist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher, UK
- David McGrogan, Professor of Law, Northumbria University, UK
- Jacob Mchangama, Author, Denmark
- John McWhorter, Linguist, Columbia, Author, US
- Alan Miller, Together Association, UK
- Stefan Millius, Journalist, Switzerland
- Stephen Moore, Author and Analyst, Canada
- Michael Nayna, Filmmaker, Australia
- Micha Narberhaus, The Protopia Lab, Spain/Germany
- Leandro Narloch, Independent Journalist, Brazil
- Andrew Neish, KC, UK
- Brendan O’Neill, Journalist, UK
- James Orr, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge, UK
- Martina Pastorelli, Independent Journalist, Italy
- Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Psychologist, Author, Canada
- Kira Phillips, Documentary Filmmaker, UK
- Jordi Pigem, Philosopher, Author, Spain
- Steven Pinker, Psychologist, Harvard, US
- Helen Pluckrose, Author, US
- Dirk Pohlmann, Journalist, Germany
- Nina Power, Writer, UK
- Nello Preterossi, Professor, University of Salerno, Scientific Director of the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, Italy
- Jean F. Queralt, Technologist, Founder @ The IO Foundation, Malaysia/Spain
- Luca Ricolfi, Professor, Sociologist, Turin University, Italy
- Matt Ridley, Journalist, Author, UK
- Tim Robbins, Actor, Filmmaker, US
- Andrew Roberts, Historian, UK
- Piers Robinson, Organization for Propaganda Studies, UK
- Paul Rossi, Educator, Vertex Partnership Academics, US
- Gad Saad, Professor, Evolutionary Behavioral Scientist, Author, Canada
- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University, US
- Michele Santoro, Journalist, TV Host, Presenter, Italy
- Ben Scallan, Gript Media, Ireland
- Ben Schwarz, Journalist, USA
- Phil Shaw, Campaigner, Operation People, New Zealand
- Michael Shellenberger, Public, US
- Alex Sheridan, Free Speech Ireland
- Michael Shermer, Science Writer, US
- Jacob Siegel, Tablet, US/Israel
- Dr. James Smith, Podcaster, Literature Scholar, RHUL, UK
- Craig Snider, Independent, US
- Edward Snowden, Whistleblower, US
- Alan Sokal, Professor of Mathematics, UCL, UK
- Juan Soto Ivars, Author, Spain
- Doug Stokes, International Relations Professor, University of Exeter, UK
- Oliver Stone, Filmmaker, US
- Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law, NYLS, US
- Matt Taibbi, Journalist, US
- Andrew Tettenborn, Professor of Law, Swansea University, UK
- Robert Tombs, Historian, UK
- Jeffrey Tucker, Author, USA
- Yanis Varoufakis, Economist, Greece
- Eli Vieira, Journalist, Genetic Biologist, Brazil
- Bret Weinstein, Evolutionary Biologist, USA
- Bari Weiss, Journalist, USA
- Leighton Woodhouse, Public, US
- Colin Wright, Evolutionary Biologist, USA
- Toby Young, Journalist, Free Speech Union, UK
- Andrea Zhok, Philosopher, University of Milan, Italy
- Slavoj Žižek, Philosopher, Author, Slovenia
- David Zweig, Journalist, Author, USA
References
Masnick, Mike ( October 24, 2023). ‘Twitter Files’ Hucksters Are Once Again Cosplaying as Free Speech Martyrs. Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-files-hucksters-are-cosplaying-as-free-speech-martyrs
Resources
The Westminster Declaration (westminsterdeclaration.org)