“Tish Still” / Tish Naughton vs. transgender people

“Tish Still” and “STILLTish” are pen names of Tish Naughton, a British anti-transgender activist. Naughton is an unaccepting parent of a transgender child.

Background

Patricia “Tish” Naughton identifies as “a proud radical feminist mum” who is “spreading awareness about the impact of gender ideology on women’s rights.”

Naughton identified in UnHerd as “the mother of a son who identifies as part of the transgender community.”

In a 2023 post, Naughton claimed: “My son doesn’t ask for pronouns, he answers to his birth name and has not asked for it to be changed. He hasn’t, unlike some, demanded we take his pictures down. He has not left home.”

Anti-transgender activism

Naughton runs a website called Gender Critical Woman Blog. Naughton has done interviews with Erin Brewer, James of @HumanGayMale, Graham Linehan, Isla Macy of Parents Against Gender Ideology in Schools, Woman’s Place UK, and Women’s Declaration International (WDI). Naughton is a contributor to anti-trans blogs Reduxx, UnHerd, and Graham Linehan’s The Glinner Update.

Naughton has signed several open letters and petitions, including:

an open letter in Feminist Current supporting anti-trans extremist Graham Linehan (2019)
a petition supporting anti-trans extremist J.K. Rowling (2020)
a letter to the editor of The Times prepared by LGB Alliance characterizing gender affirming care for minors as “conversion therapy.” (2021)
support for anti-trans activist Allison Bailey “[in] the name of parents whose Gay Offspring are once again believing they are #BornWrong thanks to all the teaching materials supplied by Stonewall or with their endorsement.” (2021)
a petition titled Beyond WPATH attacking WPATH (2022)
an open letter fo United Nations commissioners supporting anti-trans activist Reem Alsalem’s criticisms of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (2022)
an open letter to Liz Truss and Boris Johnson claiming a Truss letter to the Equality and Human Rights Commission “undermines” EHRC’s upcoming guidance on single-sex services (2022)
an open letter by Sex Matters supporting anti-transgender activist Reem Alsalem, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (2023)
an open letter critical of a Maternity Gender Inclusion Programme for midwives with information on trans people who give birth (2023)
the WHO Decides petition targeting trans-supportive experts convened by the World Health Organization (2024)

References

North, Jessica (March 30, 2022). BBC accused of promoting ‘sex by deception’ with short film on whether Scots need to disclose their trans status. Scottish Daily Express https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bbc-accused-promoting-sex-deception-26586571

Anti-trans coverage

Tuns, Paul (April 11, 2022). Statistics prove there is no transgender murder epidemic. The Interim https://theinterim.com/issues/society-culture/statistics-prove-there-is-no-transgender-murder-epidemic/

Selected writing by Naughton

“Tish Still” (April 12, 2022). Trans BDSM Fetishist Is Advising UK Hospitals to Ignore Single-Sex Wards Law. Reduxx https://reduxx.info/trans-bdsm-fetishist-is-advising-uk-hospitals-to-ignore-single-sex-wards-law/

“Still, Tish” (January 11, 2022). The truth about trans murders. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/01/the-truth-about-trans-murders/

Naughton, Tish et al. (March 13, 2021). Trans Controversy: Support is needed for gender non-conforming children, who are now getting the impression that the answer to their problems is a lifetime of medication. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/comment/letters-to-editor/article/times-letters-sarah-everard-and-womens-fear-on-the-streets-h2zd3sqsb?region=global

LGB Alliance (2020 ff). FOI result: commincation between LGB Alliance and office of Liz Truss. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/correspondence_with_lgb_alliance_4/response/1848146/attach/html/6/ANNEX%201%20Emails%20and%20Agenda%20Redacted.pdf.html

Naughton, Tish et al. (June 2, 2019). Trans ideology is damaging children. The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/trans-ideology-is-damaging-children-k5nlhwmc8?region=global

Naughton, Tish et al. (June 2, 2019). Open letter in support of Graham Linehan’s challenges to gender identity ideology. Feminist Current https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/02/28/open-letter-in-support-of-graham-linehans-challenges-to-gender-identity-ideology/

Naughton, Patricia (2018). Written submission from Patricia Naughton (EEA0181). https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/95803/pdf/