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Ellen Pasternack vs. transgender people

Ellen Pasternack is a British biologist, sex segregationist, science communicator, and anti-transgender activist.

Background

Ellen Pasternack attended University of Oxford, earning a bachelor’s degree in 2016, a master’s degree in 2017, and a doctorate in 2023. Her background on her motherā€™s side is German and Ashkenazi.

She has written for The Critic, UnHerd, New Statesman, The Specator, The Telegraph, CapX, and Works in Progress.

Anti-transgender activism

Her activism around trans people emerged in 2018, when she was upset that the Oxford University Student Union uninvited Jenni Murray in the wake of Murray’s 2017 anti-trans column, “Be trans, be proud ā€” but donā€™t call yourself a ā€œreal woman.ā€

In 2022 Fiona MacKenzie, Louise Perry, Olivia Robey, and Pasternack joined forces for The OH Research Ltd d/b/a The Other Half, a UK nonprofit researching “practical, workable policy in the interests of women.”

References

Pasternack, Ellen (May 5, 2022). You canā€™t be born in the wrong body. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/05/you-cant-be-born-in-the-wrong-body/

Pasternack, Ellen (May 3, 2023). Hereā€™s why human sex is binary. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/heres-why-human-sex-is-binary/

Pasternack, Ellen (June 14, 2022). Being ā€˜intersexā€™ isnā€™t that common. https://unherd.com/thepost/is-the-trans-lobby-manipulating-science/

Wheater, Emily; Pasternack, Ellen (November 2020). Transitioning to a medical scandal. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/november-2020/transitioning-to-a-medical-scandal/

Pasternack, Ellen (22 September, 2021). ā€œNo debateā€ no longer an option. The Critic https://thecritic.co.uk/no-debate-no-longer-an-option/

Pasternack, Ellen (November 2020). Written evidence submitted by Ms Ellen Pasternack (GRA1406) https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/17525/pdf/

Pasternack, Ellen (February 28, 2023). The uncomfortable truths of Hag feminism. The New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2023/02/uncomfortable-truths-hag-feminism

Resources

Weebly (weebly.com)

Substack (substack.com)

The Other Half (theotherhalf.uk)

Muck Rack (muckrack.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

Medium (medium.com)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)