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Brendan O’Neill vs. transgender people

Brendan O’Neill is a British author and anti-transgender activist. O’Neill was editor of Spiked from 2007 to 2021 and has written for other anti-trans publications, including The Australian, The Spectator, and The Telegraph.

Background

O’Neill intially wrote for Living Marxism. After its closure many involved moved to Spiked.

Podcast

O’Neill began a podcast in 2018. Anti-trans guests include:

  • Ruy Teixeira
  • Michael Tracey

References

Lieberman, Tucker (January 22, 2024). The People Who Use LGB-Minus-T Are Homophobes. Brendan O’Neill does not support gay marriage and is impressed with the LGB Alliance. Medium https://medium.com/prismnpen/brendan-oneill-lgb-alliance-ab4f8b952373

Bloodworth, James (May 16, 2013). Don’t feed the troll: The five stupidest Brendan O’Neill articles. Left Foot Forward https://leftfootforward.org/2013/05/dont-feed-the-troll-the-five-stupidest-brendan-oneill-articles/

Pinfold, Corinne (February 14, 2013). Brendan O’Neill: Equal marriage is an elitist campaign with no roots in the public. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2013/02/14/brendan-oneill-equal-marriage-is-an-elitist-campaign-with-no-roots-in-the-public/

Selected writing by O’Neill

O’Neill, Brendan (January 7, 2026). We must never forget the treachery of Stonewall. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/01/07/we-must-never-forget-the-treachery-of-stonewall/

O’Neill, Brendan (September 30, 2025). Emma Watson won’t recover from JK Rowling’s takedown. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/there-is-no-way-back-for-emma-watson-after-jk-rowlings-brutal-demolition/

O’Neill, Brendan (Sep 13, 2025). Cancel culture’s savagery hurtles to its brutal endpoint. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/freedoms-bloody-stain-the-savage-endpoint-of-silencing-dissent/news-story/2b432aa59726a41c70d185e0e0938192

O’Neill, Brendan (September 12, 2025). Charlie Kirk and the apocalyptic narcissism of trans. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-and-the-apocalyptic-narcissism-of-trans/

O’Neill, Brendan (August 11, 2025). It wasn’t Trump who trashed gay rights – it was the trans lobby. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/08/11/it-wasnt-trump-who-trashed-gay-rights-it-was-the-trans-lobby/

O’Neill, Brendan (July 8, 2025). When will angry men learn not to pillory JK Rowling? The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/08/when-will-angry-men-learn-not-to-go-for-jk-rowling/

O’Neill, Brendan (June 22, 2025). The BBC video that exposed our cowardly elite: The memory-holing of the word ‘woman’ to appease the trans lobby is an outrage. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/22/martine-croxall-is-a-heroine-bbc-jk-rowling/

O’Neill, Brendan (April 25, 2025). Nothing captures the madness of our times better than the trans ruling hysteria: If the truth offends you so much that you want to flee the country, I might chip in for your ticket. The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/25/nothing-captures-the-madness-of-our-times-trans-ruling/

O’Neill, Brendan (April 16, 2025). Why did we need the Supreme Court to tell us what a woman is? The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-did-we-need-the-supreme-court-to-tell-us-what-a-woman-is/ also published as O’Neill, Brendan (April 18, 2025). Why did we need a court of law to tell us what a woman is? The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/why-did-we-need-a-court-of-law-to-tell-us-what-a-woman-is/news-story/68485464102238101e5b5adc6a2421c1

O’Neill, Brendan (April 20, 2025). The trans-rights movement’s howl of male rage. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-trans-rights-movements-howl-of-male-rage/

O’Neill, Brendan (February 6, 2025). Donald Trump is liberating the US from the transgender madness. The Spectator https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/donald-trump-is-liberating-america-from-the-transgender-madness/

O’Neill, Brendan (January 26, 2025). I am so irritated by the expression ‘vibe shift’: this is so much more than that. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/not-just-a-vibe-shift-the-woke-religion-lies-in-the-trashcan-of-history/news-story/ecb5c0c018c36461b5f4cae22b8f69e1

O’Neill, Brendan (April 13, 2024). Why the trans lobby is so allergic to debate. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/13/why-the-trans-lobby-is-so-allergic-to-debate/

O’Neill, Brendan (September 25, 2023). Trans: the new ideology of the ruling class. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/09/25/trans-the-new-ideology-of-the-ruling-class/

O’Neill, Brendan (August 19, 2023). The rise and rise of trans McCarthyism. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/19/the-rise-and-rise-of-trans-mccarthyism/

O’Neill, Brendan (July 24, 2023). The great flight from heterosexuality. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/07/24/the-great-flight-from-heterosexuality/

O’Neill, Brendan (June 24, 2023). Mocking Christ? Fine, just don’t dare say men are not women. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/mocking-christ-fine-just-dont-dare-say-men-are-not-women/news-story/f91d588a588b457abc676e5aa794586f

O’Neill, Brendan (June 10, 2023). Free thought at stake in the New Inquisition. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/free-thought-at-stake-in-the-new-inquisition-as-gendercritical-feminists-climatechange-sceptics-demonised/news-story/e1892d88140fb3b9aef399f25eeec141

O’Neill, Brendan (June 3, 2023). BRENDAN O’NEILL: What kind of mad post-truth world are we becoming when the phrase ‘HER PENIS’ is now common parlance? Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12155867/BRENDAN-ONEILL-kind-world-PENIS-common-parlance.html

O’Neill, Brendan (May 19, 2023). Misogyny in drag: sexism has had a non-binary makeover. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/moira-deemings-treatment-by-transgender-activists-is-misogyny-in-drag/news-story/89c5c85f4345064b20669ccf0aac02d0

O’Neill, Brendan (April 17, 2023). Why the trans movement is so intolerant. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/17/why-the-trans-movement-is-so-intolerant/

O’Neill, Brendan (March 30, 2023). Why capitalism loves transgenderism. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/03/30/why-capitalism-loves-transgenderism/

O’Neill, Brendan (March 24, 2023). Posie Parker protests: Iron fist of intolerance in velvet glove of woke. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/posie-parker-protests-iron-fist-of-intolerance-in-velvet-glove-of-woke/news-story/055c3f5abaa9fd20be68943e1c34a707

O’Neill, Brendan (February 4, 2023).  Reality bites Sturgeon for the crime of woke transgression. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/reality-bites-sturgeon-for-the-crime-of-woke-transgression/news-story/ae956573a7c639fde715ae0dd4ae0e42

O’Neill, Brendan (January 16, 2023). It’s time to call out the nonsense of nonbinary. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/16/its-time-to-call-out-the-nonsense-of-nonbinary/

O’Neill, Brendan (Oct 1, 2022). Iranians stand up for women, the West erases them. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/iranians-stand-up-for-women-the-west-erases-them/news-story/435aa7ac50992d5782d35f2ef50df981

O’Neill, Brendan (August 21, 2022).  Social media fatwa out to silence ‘unholy’ JK Rowling. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/woke-social-media-fatwa-out-to-silence-unholy-jk-rowling/news-story/9d58707770042e75a1f73ab8f28f856f

O’Neill, Brendan (July 31, 2022). A roar for women’s rights. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/07/31/a-roar-for-womens-rights/

O’Neill, Brendan (April 23, 2022). How the trans ideology dehumanises women. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/23/how-the-trans-ideology-dehumanises-women/

O’Neill, Brendan (February 23, 2022). Trans privilege. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/02/23/trans-privilege/

O’Neill, Brendan (August 30, 2021). Woke homophobia. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/30/woke-homophobia/

O’Neill, Brendan (February 08, 2021). Stop Funding Hate are the true bigots. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/08/stop-funding-hate-are-the-true-bigots/

O’Neill, Brendan (January 8, 2020). The transgender movement has become Orwellian. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/video/the-transgender-movement-has-become-orwellian/

O’Neill, Brendan (August 17, 2019). Trans birth certificate shift a step too far. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/trans-birth-certificate-shift-is-an-orwellian-step-too-far/news-story/233db8295bec0fb0e3ed248a35ec1cf8

O’Neill, Brendan (July 22, 2019). Trans activists are the real bigots. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/trans-activists-are-the-real-bigots/

O’Neill, Brendan (June 12, 2019). The moral panic over homophobia. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/06/12/the-moral-panic-over-homophobia/

O’Neill, Brendan (November 22, 2018). There is no such thing as a ‘trans kid’. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2018/11/22/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-trans-kid/

O’Neill, Brendan (July 25, 2017). The Orwellian nightmare of transgender politics. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2017/07/25/the-orwellian-nightmare-of-transgender-politics/

O’Neill, Brendan (July 12, 2017). Pride comes after the fall. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2017/07/12/pride-comes-after-the-fall/

O’Neill, Brendan (November 15, 2014). Feminists have lost the plot. The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/opinion/womens-lib-no-longer-on-agenda-of-todays-authoritarian-feminists/news-story/b9d3f3810204dfe6e46394c6b80930a6

Resources

Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

Spiked (spiked-online.com)

Muck Rack (muckrack.com)

The Australian (theaustralian.com.au)

Instagram (instagram.com)