Caroline Farrow vs. transgender people

Caroline Farrow is a British writer and anti-transgender extremist.

Background

Farrow attended Brentwood School, Essex and New Hall School in Chelmsford, Essex.

Farrow worked as an accountant before working as an airline flight crew member. In 2010 Farrow began a pro-Catholic blog. Farrow has served as campaign director for the far-right lobby group CitizenGo.

Farrow is married to a priest named Robin and has five children. They live in Ash, Surrey.

Anti-transgender activism

Farrow has posted on anti-trans trolling site Kiwi Farms as Caroline Farrow, without a pseudonym, which is very unusual. After Farrow made a number of anti-trans comments during a debate with Susie Green on Good Morning Britain, an investigation was opened. Farrow complained about being investigated on a 2019 Quillette podcast hosted by Toby Young.

In 2022 Farrow was arrested at home after many years of harassing, doxxing, and misgendering Stephanie Hayden. Surrey Police said:

“On Monday, 3 October, officers attended an address in the Guildford area as part of an investigation into allegations of malicious communications (sending of indecent, grossly offensive messages, threats, or information) and harassment. A 48-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of both offences. A number of electronic devices were seized as potential evidence from this address under section 19 of PACE. Where an offence is alleged to have been committed on an electronic device, for example, it may hold a key piece of evidence and may routinely be seized during an investigation. The woman was taken to Guildford police station where she was interviewed. She has now been released under investigation and inquiries remain ongoing.”

In October 2023, Farrow announced that CPS were not proceeding with prosecution because “the evidential test has not been met.”

References

Wakefield, Lily (October 13, 2022). Anti-trans activist Caroline Farrow sues trans woman she’s accused of doxxing. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/13/stephanie-hayden-caroline-farrow-arrest-kiwi-farms/

Gomez, Jade (October 6, 2022). Anti-LGBTQ+ J.K. Rowling Ally Arrested For Allegedly Doxxing Trans Activist. Paper https://www.papermag.com/jk-rowling-ally-arrested#rebelltitem2

Wakefield, Lily (October 5 2022). Anti-LGBTQ+ activist Caroline Farrow rages against trans people as she’s being arrested. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/05/caroline-farrow-arrest-kiwi-farms-trans/

Gilbert, David (October 6, 2022). J.K. Rowling Ally Arrested for Allegedly Doxing a Trans Activist. Vice News https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k87vq/caroline-farrow-arrested-kiwi-farms

Wakefield, Lily (March 14 2022). JK Rowling sends ‘big love’ to anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-abortion activist Caroline Farrow. PinkNews https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/03/14/caroline-farrow-jk-rowling-trans-twitter/

Reynolds, Daniel (July 3, 2019). Catholic Journalist Slams London Zoo’s ‘Deviant’ Gay Penguins. Advocate.com https://www.advocate.com/people/2019/7/03/catholic-journalist-slams-london-zoos-deviant-gay-penguins

Hill, Amelia (March 20, 2019). Mother drops action against woman who said she ‘mutilated’ trans daughter. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/20/catholic-journalist-investigated-by-police-after-misgendering-trans-woman

Staff report (March 20, 2019). Surrey Police investigation over ‘misgendering’ tweets. BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-47638527

Anti-trans coverage

Gallagher, Ian (October 9, 2022). Minute by Orwellian minute: Trans row mother-of-five Caroline Farrow recounts her ordeal at the hands of the Twitter police who, she says, should be out fighting REAL crime, after she was arrested for allegedly posting ‘malicious’ comments online. Daily Mail

Lockhart, Alastair; Thorburn, Jacob; Phillips, Jamie (October 5, 2022). Moment police ‘with no search warrant’ swooped on house of gender-critical Catholic mother and arrested her in front of her four children over ‘series of anonymous posts on internet chat board.’ Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11282263/Moment-police-swoop-house-devout-catholic-mother-malicious-online-posts.html

Caldwell, Simon (October 5, 2022). Police arrest Catholic mother over accusations of Twitter gender abuse. The Catholic Herald https://thecatholicherald.com/article/police-arrest-catholic-mother-over-accusations-of-twitter-gender-abuse

Nash, Fiorella (January 24, 2020). UK activist says she was wrongfully denied entrance to the US. Catholic World Report https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/01/24/uk-activist-says-she-was-wrongfully-denied-entrance-to-the-us/

Clifton, Katy (March 20, 2019). Police to question Catholic mum-of-five Caroline Farrow for ‘using wrong pronoun to describe transgender girl.’ The Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/police-to-question-catholic-mumoffive-caroline-farrow-for-using-wrong-pronoun-to-describe-transgender-girl-a4096246.html

Selected writing by Farrow

Farrow, Caroline (September 7, 2022). I stand with jailed Enoch Burke: He was right to refuse a pupil’s preferred pronouns. Premier Christianity https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/i-stand-with-jailed-enoch-burke-he-was-right-to-refuse-a-pupils-preferred-pronouns/13783.article