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Heather Brunskell-Evans vs. transgender people

Heather Brunskell-Evans is a British philosopher and anti-transgender extremist.

Brunskell-Evans was a Director of anti-trans front group Women’s Declaration International from 2019 to 2020.

Background

Heather Brunskell-Evans was born in April 1950.

After comments opposing gender affirming care for minors on The Moral Maze, Brunskell-Evans was removed from a position at the Women’s Equality Party.

Brunskell-Evans appeared in the 2018 anti-trans propaganda piece Trans Kids: It’s Time to Talk hosted by Stella O’Malley.

Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body (2018)

This 2018 anthology is edited by Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore.

Inventing Transgender Children and Young People (2019)

This 2019 anthology is edited by Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore.

References

Pain, Rachel (March 15, 2018). Review – Transgender Children and Young People: Born In Your Own Body, edited by Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore. Times Higher Education https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-transgender-children-and-young-people-heather-brunskell-evans-and-michele-moore-cambridge-scholars

Duffy, Nick (February 21, 2018). Women’s Equality Party sacks official who called parents of transgender kids ‘abusive.’ PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/02/21/womens-equality-party-sacks-official-who-called-parents-of-transgender-kids-abusive/

Coverage in anti-trans press

Bartosch, Jo (October 22, 2020). Is the Women’s Equality Party really for women? The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/is-the-womens-equality-party-really-for-women/

Sanchez, Raquel Rosario (October 14, 2019). “No child is born in the wrong body” with Michele Moore & Heather Brunskell-Evans. Woman’s Place UK https://womansplaceuk.org/2019/10/14/no-child-is-born-in-the-wrong-body-with-michele-moore-heather-brunskell-evans/

Turner, Janice (March 1, 2018). Even a party for women won’t take on trans lobby. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/article/even-a-party-for-women-won-t-take-on-trans-lobby-hncf8ljnn

Bannerman, Lucy (November 23 2017). Barred academic Heather Brunskell-Evans warns of cowardice over trans issues. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/barred-academic-heather-brunskell-evans-warns-of-cowardice-over-trans-issues-wlvj3l7bz

Staff report (November 23, 2017). Feminist investigated for ‘transphobic’ comments. The Christian Institute https://www.christian.org.uk/news/feminist-investigated-transphobic-comments/

Selected anti-trans writing by Brunskell-Evans

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (November 14, 2022). The making of an illusion: Gendered intelligence and the “trans child.” The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/the-making-of-an-illusion/

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (August 3, 2022). How the Tavistock came tumbling down. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/08/03/how-the-tavistock-came-tumbling-down/

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (June 25, 2019). The purge of Trans -cceptical academics. Spiked https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/06/26/the-purge-of-trans-sceptical-academics/

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (November 29, 2018). Free Speech and Transactivism. Medium https://medium.com/dr-heather-brunskell-evans/free-speech-and-transactivism-ed552d2774c6

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (December 2, 2018). A neoliberal concept of freedom has allowed gender identity ideology to take hold. Feminist Current https://www.feministcurrent.com/2018/12/02/neoliberalism-patriarchy-gender-identity/

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (May 21, 2019). Pink hearts in blue bodies: A proposed law in Sweden will put children on the operating table. Feminist Current https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/05/21/pink-hearts-in-blue-bodies-a-proposed-law-in-sweden-will-putt-children-on-the-operating-table/

H Brunskell – Feminist methodology. in Researching society and culture, 1998 – Sage London

Books

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (2020). Transgender Body Politics. Spinifex Press, ISBN 978-1925950229

Brunskell-Evans, Heather; Moore Michele [editors] (2019). Inventing Transgender Children and Young People. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 978-1527536388

  • Brunskell-Evans, Heather; Moore Michele (2018). The Fabrication of the ‘Transgender Child.’ in Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 978-1527503984

Brunskell-Evans, Heather [editor] (2018). Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 978-1527509306

Brunskell-Evans, Heather (2016). The Sexualized Body and the Medical Authority of Pornography: Performing Sexual Liberation. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 978-1443899581

Media

Edge of the Matrix (September 24, 2025). I Met the First Woman Who Said ‘There’s No Such Thing as a Transgender Child. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWJ6P62hs4

CAF – Committee for Academic Freedom (February 5, 2025). Silenced in Academia: Heather Brunskell-Evans on Gender Ideology and Free Speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAuhJD1eIk4

Genspect (June 12, 2023). Bigger Picture Conference: Confluence of Philosophy, Feminism & Queer Theory Heather Brunskell-Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I335W-nxelA

Transgender Trend with Stephanie Davies-Arai, Michele Moore, and Heather Brunskell-Evans (July 6, 2022). Fact & Fiction Webinar 9 July 2022 (Part 1 of 5)

GBNews (October 21, 2021). Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans was sacked after accusations of transphobic views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD12__ypKgQ

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Heather Brunskell-Evans (July 9, 2021). EPISODE 31 – Silencing Thought: A Conversation with Heather Brunskell-Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzrTWOAQcR4

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Heather Brunskell-Evans (May 14, 2021). The True & Faux Foucault | with Heather Brunskell-Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLv0_oYlIKg

Object UK (May 11, 2021). The Illogicality of Transgender Theory – Heather Brunskell Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThAhHhVNcAE

The Mess We’re In with Graham Linehan, “Arty Morty,” Helen Staniland, and Heather Brunskell-Evans (Dec 2, 2020). The Mess We’re In Ep. #23: Right Side of History. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11mrUuFH3ms

The Mess We’re In with Graham Linehan and Heather Brunskell-Evans (October 17, 2020). Foucault & Butler for grownups: Heather Brunskell-Evans gets real about Queer Theory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKm-Xcazcs

Women’s Declaration International (Nov 12, 2019). WHRC: Inventing the Transgender Child – Heather Brunskell-Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uC0MhlmrbY

The Richie Allen Show with Richie Allen and Heather Brunskell-Evans (June 4, 2019). The Richie Allen Show – Tuesday June 4th 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk9yLDHb3vU

Woman’s Place UK (June 15, 2018). A Woman’s Place is Standing her Ground: Heather Brunskell-Evans Newcastle upon Tyne 24th May 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOIisaGrH5Y

BBC Moral Maze with Michael Buerk, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Anne McElvoy and Mona Siddiqui. (November 18, 2017). Defining Gender. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09dz416

Resources

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