The Guardian is a British media organization. Their transgender coverage has been criticized for anti-trans bias.
2018 open letter
In 2018 an open letter by critics of the Gender Recognition Act included many key anti-transgender extremists.
- Professor Kathleen Stock, Philosophy, University of Sussex
- Chetan Bhatt, Professor of Human Rights, Sociology, London School of Economics
- Professor Rosa Freedman PhD, LLM, LLB, Professor of Law Conflict and Global Development, Director Global Development Division, Co-Director United Nations and Global Order Research Programme, University of Reading
- Professor Sophie Scott, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
- Professor Alice Sullivan, Sociology, University College London
- Professor Jo Phoenix, Chair in Criminology, The Open University
- Professor Jackie Cassell, Head of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
- Kathleen Richardson, Professor of Ethics and Culture of Robots and AI, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University
- John Gardner FBA, Professor of Law and Philosophy, All Souls College, Oxford
- Professor Judith Suissa, UCL Institute of Education
- Professor Michele Moore, Patient Safety Academy, University of Oxford
- Professor Sian Sullivan, Centre for Environmental Humanities, Bath Spa University
- Professor Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education, School of Education, University of Roehampton, London
- Richard Byng, Professor in Primary Care Research, University of Plymouth
- Professor John Collins, Philosophy, University of East Anglia
- Professor PM Higgins, Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Holloway University of London; former Professor of Music, University of Nottingham; former Käthe-Leichter Visiting Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Vienna
- Sheila Jeffreys, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
- Professor Leslie Green, Philosophy of Law, Balliol College, Oxford
- Dr Michael Biggs, Associate Professor in Sociology and Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford
- Dr Diane Brewster (Retired. ex University of Sussex and Open University)
- Dr Susan Matthews, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Roehampton
- Dr Clare Chambers, Reader in Philosophy, University of Cambridge
- Dr Stephen Cowden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Coventry University
- Dr Catherine Butler, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
- Dr Mary Leng, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of York
- Ms Georgia Testa, Teaching Fellow, School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science, University of Leeds
- Dr Rosalind Barber, English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Dr Sophie Allen, Lecturer in Philosophy, Keele University
- Dr Paul Sagar, Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London
- Dr Julia Jordan, Department of English Language and Literature, UCL
- Dr David Pilgrim, Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool
- Dr Rosie Dias, Associate Professor, History of Art, University of Warwick
- Dr Maureen O’Hara, Senior Lecturer in Law, Solicitor, Coventry University
- Dr Eva Poen, Lecturer in Economics, University of Exeter
- Sian Hindle, Senior Lecturer, School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University
- Dr Holly Smith, UCL Institute of Education
- Dr Lesley Semmens, Senior Lecturer (retired), School of Computing, Leeds Beckett University
- Richard Garside, Director, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Open University
- Dr Jane Clare Jones, independent scholar
- Dr Jo Waugh, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, York St John University
- W Burlette Carter, Professor of Law Emeritus, The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
- Professor Alex Byrne, Head of Linguistics and Philosophy Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dr Ruth McGinity, Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Policy, Institue of Education, UCL
- Professor Emeritus Robert Jensen, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
- Dr Kathryn Oliver, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Dr Sophia Connell, Philosophy, Birkbeck College London
- Dr Liz Guy, School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, University of Brighton
- Dr H. Susana Marinho, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Lisbon
- Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans, Academic, Writer and Political Commentator
- Dr Laura McGrath, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of East London
- Dr Mike Hannis, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Humanities (Ethics and Sustainability), Bath Spa University
- Doctor Emma Hilton, University of Manchester (honorary)
- Dr Holly Lawford-Smith, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- Dr Rupert Read, Reader in Philosopher at UEA, and Chair of Green House
- Dr Patrick Turner, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Bath Spa University
References
Akrivos D (2022). Transgender reporting in the British press: editorial standards and discursive harms in the post-Leveson era. Journal of Media Law Volume 14, 2022 – Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1080/17577632.2022.2153216
Open letter (October 16, 2018). Academics are being harassed over their research into transgender issues. The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/16/academics-are-being-harassed-over-their-research-into-transgender-issues
Resources
The Guardian (theguardian.com)