Leonore Tiefer is an American psychologist and anti-transgender activist. Tiefer is involved in Genspect and other anti-trans projects.
Key projects include the New View Campaign to rethink models of sexual health for women.
Tiefer is the author of the 1994 book Sex Is Not A Natural Act & Other Essays.
Background
Tiefer was born on February 5, 1944. Tiefer earned an undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1965, then earned a doctorate there in 1969. UC Berkeley has one of the most notoriously conservative psychology departments in the world. Tiefer later earned a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, from New York University in 1988.
References
Grigg-Spall, Holly (March 19, 2010). Reproductive Writes: Sexed Up: An Interview with Leonore Tiefer. Bitch Media. https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/reproductive-writes-sexed-up-an-interview-with-leonore-tiefer
Resources
Leonore Tiefer (leonoretiefer.com)
New View Campaign (newviewcampaign.org)
Twitter (twitter.com)
Psychology’s Feminist Voices (feministvoices.com)
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)