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==History and views== ==History and views==
The group was founded by ] and Heather Brunskell-Evans in 2019.<ref name=PN /> Brunskell-Evans had been sacked from the ] the previous year as a result of her views on transgender people,<ref>{{cite news |title=Women’s Equality Party sacks official who called parents of transgender kids ‘abusive’ |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/02/21/womens-equality-party-sacks-official-who-called-parents-of-transgender-kids-abusive/ |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> while Jeffreys has said trans women are "parasitic."<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-trans activists hit out at ‘parasitic’ trans people at event in Parliament |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/15/anti-trans-activists-hit-out-at-parasitic-trans-people-at-event-in-parliament/ |access-date=4 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref name=Network /> The group is known for publishing a declaration on "]" co-authored by Jeffreys and Brunskell-Evans and has called for the "elimination" of "transgenderism" and for the UK to scrap the ].<ref name=PN /><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour shadow equalities minister Taiwo Owatemi systematically condemns LGB Alliance |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/14/kathleen-stock-labour-taiwo-owatemi/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> The declaration was described by the ] as anti-trans, by the Scottish Trans Alliance as focused "almost entirely on denying the reality of trans people's lives" and as transphobic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women's rights declaration sparks accusations of discrimination |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/womens-rights-declaration-sparks-accusations-discrimination-2509098 |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> According to '']'' the group has promoted ] and false information.<ref name=Vice>{{cite news |title=The Anti-Trans 'Gender-Critical' Movement Is Overflowing with Bullshit |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dm53/gender-critical-movement-misinformation |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> WHRC released a joint statement together with the ] in support of ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Universities union backs trans rights in row over anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/14/universities-union-backs-trans-rights-in-row-over-anti-trans-professor-kathleen-stock/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> The group was founded by ] and Heather Brunskell-Evans in 2019.<ref name=PN /> Brunskell-Evans had been sacked from the ] the previous year as a result of her views on transgender people,<ref>{{cite news |title=Women’s Equality Party sacks official who called parents of transgender kids ‘abusive’ |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/02/21/womens-equality-party-sacks-official-who-called-parents-of-transgender-kids-abusive/ |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> while Jeffreys has said trans women are "parasitic."<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-trans activists hit out at ‘parasitic’ trans people at event in Parliament |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/03/15/anti-trans-activists-hit-out-at-parasitic-trans-people-at-event-in-parliament/ |access-date=4 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref name=Network /> The group is known for publishing a declaration on "]" co-authored by Jeffreys and Brunskell-Evans and has called for the "elimination" of "transgenderism" and for the UK to scrap the ].<ref name=PN /><ref>{{cite news |title=Labour shadow equalities minister Taiwo Owatemi systematically condemns LGB Alliance |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/14/kathleen-stock-labour-taiwo-owatemi/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> The declaration was described by the ] as anti-trans, by the Scottish Trans Alliance as focused "almost entirely on denying the reality of trans people's lives" and as transphobic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women's rights declaration sparks accusations of discrimination |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/womens-rights-declaration-sparks-accusations-discrimination-2509098 |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> Legal scholar and human rights expert Sandra Duffy described the declaration's concept of "sex-based rights" as "a fiction with the pretense of legality."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duffy |first1=Sandra |title=An International Human Rights Law Analysis of the WHRC Declaration |url=https://sandraduffy.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/an-international-human-rights-law-analysis-of-the-whrc-declaration/ |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> According to '']'' the group has promoted ] and false information.<ref name=Vice>{{cite news |title=The Anti-Trans 'Gender-Critical' Movement Is Overflowing with Bullshit |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dm53/gender-critical-movement-misinformation |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref> WHRC released a joint statement together with the ] in support of ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Universities union backs trans rights in row over anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/14/universities-union-backs-trans-rights-in-row-over-anti-trans-professor-kathleen-stock/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=]}}</ref>


The ] has described WHRC as a ] in human rights spaces and argued that WHRC "engages in sensationalism and fear-mongering" to "undermine and water down the progressions of human rights standards that protect the rights of trans and gender non-conforming persons."<ref name=AWID>{{cite web |title=Trojan horses in human rights spaces: anti-rights discourses, tactics and their convergences with trans-exclusionary feminists |url=https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/trojan-horses-human-rights-spaces |publisher=] |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref> The ] described WHRC as "an extreme anti-trans group" and "a key point of convergence" between transphobic feminism and the ].<ref name=Network>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Mallory |title=Transphobic Feminism and Far Right Activism Rapidly Converging |url=https://transsafety.network/posts/gcs-and-the-right/ |publisher=]|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> The ] has described WHRC as a ] in human rights spaces and argued that WHRC "engages in sensationalism and fear-mongering" to "undermine and water down the progressions of human rights standards that protect the rights of trans and gender non-conforming persons."<ref name=AWID>{{cite web |title=Trojan horses in human rights spaces: anti-rights discourses, tactics and their convergences with trans-exclusionary feminists |url=https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/trojan-horses-human-rights-spaces |publisher=] |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref> The ] described WHRC as "an extreme anti-trans group" and "a key point of convergence" between transphobic feminism and the ].<ref name=Network>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Mallory |title=Transphobic Feminism and Far Right Activism Rapidly Converging |url=https://transsafety.network/posts/gcs-and-the-right/ |publisher=]|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>

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Women's Human Rights Campaign (WHRC) is a group founded in the United Kingdom that opposes transgender rights, and that has been described as anti-trans and trans-exclusionary.

History and views

The group was founded by Sheila Jeffreys and Heather Brunskell-Evans in 2019. Brunskell-Evans had been sacked from the Women's Equality Party the previous year as a result of her views on transgender people, while Jeffreys has said trans women are "parasitic." The group is known for publishing a declaration on "sex-based rights" co-authored by Jeffreys and Brunskell-Evans and has called for the "elimination" of "transgenderism" and for the UK to scrap the Gender Recognition Act. The declaration was described by the Equality Network as anti-trans, by the Scottish Trans Alliance as focused "almost entirely on denying the reality of trans people's lives" and as transphobic. Legal scholar and human rights expert Sandra Duffy described the declaration's concept of "sex-based rights" as "a fiction with the pretense of legality." According to Vice the group has promoted conspiracy theories and false information. WHRC released a joint statement together with the Women's Liberation Front in support of Kathleen Stock.

The Association for Women's Rights in Development has described WHRC as a trojan horse in human rights spaces and argued that WHRC "engages in sensationalism and fear-mongering" to "undermine and water down the progressions of human rights standards that protect the rights of trans and gender non-conforming persons." The Trans Safety Network described WHRC as "an extreme anti-trans group" and "a key point of convergence" between transphobic feminism and the far right.

References

  1. ^ "MPs urged by anti-trans 'women's rights' group to eliminate 'transgenderism' and scrap Gender Recognition Act". Pink News. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "The Anti-Trans 'Gender-Critical' Movement Is Overflowing with Bullshit". Vice. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. "Atheist Richard Dawkins swings to anti-trans right in grasp at broader intellectual relevance". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Trojan horses in human rights spaces: anti-rights discourses, tactics and their convergences with trans-exclusionary feminists". Association for Women's Rights in Development. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. "The Unholy Alliance of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists and the Right Wing". Jezebel. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. "Women's Equality Party sacks official who called parents of transgender kids 'abusive'". Pink News. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  7. "Anti-trans activists hit out at 'parasitic' trans people at event in Parliament". Pink News. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ Moore, Mallory. "Transphobic Feminism and Far Right Activism Rapidly Converging". Trans Safety Network. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  9. "Labour shadow equalities minister Taiwo Owatemi systematically condemns LGB Alliance". Pink News. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  10. "Women's rights declaration sparks accusations of discrimination". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  11. Duffy, Sandra. "An International Human Rights Law Analysis of the WHRC Declaration". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  12. "Universities union backs trans rights in row over anti-trans professor Kathleen Stock". Pink News. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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