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Gender Inclusion Network
On September 7th The UK Guardian newspaper extensively censored part of an interview Jules Gleeson conducted with eminent American gender theorist Professor Judith Butler.
The reason given for this censorship was that the question, to which Butler's remarks were appended, was the subject of live court proceedings. However, the question and the remarks were two distinct parts of this piece. Moreover, the author of the article had already offered the Guardian an alternative wording that preserved Butler's remarks, while avoiding any potential legal difficulties.
This is not the first time the Guardian and its sister paper, the Observer, has been criticised for its editorial approach to transgender issues. It continues a pattern that has been challenged previously by Guardian staff themselves. In their letter published in March 2020, UK Guardian journalists claimed that “... the pattern of publishing transphobic content has interfered with our work and cemented our reputation as a publication hostile to trans rights and trans employees.”[1]
The UK Guardian and Observer have previously published unsubstantiated claims that anti-trans academics in the UK are being “silenced”[2]. Ironically, its censoring of Professor Butler’s interview provides evidence to the contrary. It shows that it is trans people and their allies who are being silenced, especially by mainstream media.
The UK Guardian markets itself as producing “trustworthy journalism” and offering a “counterweight to the spread of misinformation”. But, it has shown that its journalism in relation to transgender people is not trustworthy. It has not just failed to provide a significant counterweight to the widespread misinformation about trans people in the rest of the media. It has actively contributed to its spread by censoring legitimate criticism.
In the interview, Butler argued that “gender-critical” groups were not “useful” in the fight against fascism because of their collaboration, both active and passive, with the far right. The latter includes organisations that are religious fundamentalist, misogynistic, anti-abortion, white-supremacist, anti-semitic and homophobic. There is evidence from the Southern Poverty Law Centre[3] and the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights[4] that these groups are funding anti-trans campaigning in the UK and Europe to the tune of millions of dollars.
Professor Butler’s concerns about the links between these groups and organised transphobia in the UK and elsewhere are particularly relevant when considering what has happened in places such as Texas, Poland and Hungary. There, anti-trans measures have been implemented alongside abortion bans, the roll back of rights for LGBTQ+ people and politically motivated bans on gender studies programmes in Higher Education[5].
We, the undersigned, regard the Guardian’s censorship of Professor Butler’s interview as an attempt to silence debate about the links between organised transphobia in the UK and groups on the extreme right. We thus consider this to constitute an abuse of power by the senior management of the UK Guardian.
We believe that if the UK Guardian and the Observer are not able to provide credible, accurate and trustworthy journalism about trans people, the credibility and trust in all their reporting is under question. We call on the trustees to act to restore the integrity, credibility and trustworthiness of this paper by issuing an apology and publishing the censored section of Professor Butler’s interview. We also ask that the UK Guardian act to uphold its code of conduct and publish accurate, trustworthy and inclusive coverage of issues affecting trans and gender diverse people.
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Graeme Browning, England
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Laura Baillie, The Open University, Scotland
Morgan Howson, TransFriendly, UK
Fabienne Emmerich, Keele University, United Kingdom
Dr Lena Wånggren , University of Edinburgh , UK
Muireann Crowley, University of Edinburgh , Scotland
Professor Kate Sang, Heriot Watt University, Scotland
Laure Bonner, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Dr Mark Edward , Edge Hill University , U.K.
Ulaş Narlı, Ankara University , Turkey
Laura Miles, Bradford College (Retired), UK
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Meg Lightheart , Indigo Gender Service , UK
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Bradley Mackay, University of Salzburg, Austria
Ms Ruebs Walsh , University of Amsterdam, Holland
Aisha Tahir, UK
Christopher Owen, UK
Lily Hadfield, LSE, England
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Sarah Wingrove, University of Surrey , United Kingdom
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Dr Kat Gupta, University of Roehampton, UK
Dr Sam Martin, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Laurie May Atkinson, Independent Psychotherapist , UK
Karen Pollock MBACP , England
Eliott Rose, University of Oxford, England
Justin South, London College of Fashion, UK
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Rebecca Williams, UK
Sydney Sopher, the London School of Economics, United Kingdom
Bea McDonald PhD, United Kingdom
Janice McLaughlin , Newcastle University, UK
Mercedes Fowler, The Open University, UK
Meryl Links, Trans Safety Network, UK
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Ash Seifert, UK
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Davinia Batley, UK
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Matthew Kennedy , University College Dublin , Ireland
Jess O'Thomson, University of Cambridge, England
Catie Craig, United Kingdom
Dr Sonja Erikainen, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jason, Gibraltar
Dr Emma Butcher , King’s College, London , United Kingdom
Tiffany Florvil, University of New Mexico, United States
Helen Talbot, UK
Lea Loren, UK
Chay Brown, TransActual, Britain
A Wilkinson , UK
Prof. Stephen Whittle, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Dr Lynzi Armstrong, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Ali Atakay, EHESS, France
Dr Sarah Knowles, University of York, U.K.
Dr Dyi D. Huijg, University of Roehampton, UK
Rose Fraser, Formerly University of St Andrews: parent of young trans man, Scotland
Dr Bianca Fileborn, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jane Donlan, United Kingdom
Chris Greenough, United Kingdom
Paula Geraghty, Ireland
Victoria Maxfield, UK
Dr Benjamin Hanckel, Western Sydney University, Australia
Bridget Chapman, UK
Sandy Sullivan (She/Her), UK
Adam Shepherd, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Gemma Read, UK - England
Samuele Russo, Spectra CIC, UK
Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley, University of Southampton, UK
Dr Sophia Lycouris , University of Edinburgh, UCU Edinburgh branch Equalities Officer, Scotland, UK
Nicola Black, University of Sheffield, UK
Erica Brackenbury, University of Roehampton, UK
Ruth Tarlo, Nottingham Women's Centre, UK
Debra Ferreday, Lancaster University, UK
Nil Mutluer , Humboldt University, Germany
Felix Lane, Birkbeck, UK
Penelope Cowell Doe, Exeter, United Kingdom
Adam St Leger-Honeybone, UK
Laura Carter, University of Essex, UK
Laurie Sage, UK
Dr Ben Vincent, Research Coordinator, Spectra, United Kingdom
Martha Jones , NHS - Barts Health , UK
Tilly, U.K
Em Cookson-Williams, University of Roehampton, UK
Leanne Bibby, Teesside University, United Kingdom
damla yur, turkey
Dr Lynsey Mitchell, Abertay University, UK
Ruth Ramsden-Karelse, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Gulser Kayir, University of Akdeniz, Turkey
Prof.Dr.Gulser Kayir, University of Akdeniz, Turkey
Katie Finnegan-Clarke, Nottingham Women's Centre, England
Elizabeth Ashcroft, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Angela Barron, Scotland
Chris Peers, Monash University Melbourne , Australia
Prof Felicity Callard, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Holly McSpadden, University of Sheffield, UK
Dale Mundell, Spectra CIC, UK
Victoria Golding, University of Sussex, UK
Susie Smillie, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Lisa Severn, England, UK
Phoenix Andrews, UK
Pro Trans Lobby , Uk
Rodrigo Peroni, UK
Weaam Mokhtar, SOAS, Egypt
Esin Guler, School of Arts Gent, Belgium
Dr Anna Carlile , Goldsmiths, University of London , UK
Pınar Dağ, Lecturer, Turkey
Beatriz Dominguez-Garcia, University of Huelva, Spain
Megan Pay, University of East Anglia, UK
Jen Hobson, UK
Martin Gramc, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Menopause Inclusion Collective, UK
Heather Paterson, SAYiT (Sheena Amos Youth Trust), UK
Sam Perkins, United Kingdom
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