Stephen Whittle - PFC campaigner

PFC Vice-President

Biography

Dr Stephen Whittle OBE
Founder and Vice-President of Press for Change

In the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list of December 2005 Dr Stephen Whittle was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)

The OBE to recognised his outstanding and long term contribution to the development of social and legal recognition for transsexual people over the course of more than 30 years. During that time Stephen had not only become recognised throughout the world as a leading academic legal expert in this field (one of the foremost authorities to whom lawyers turn for advice), but he had also helped to lead a revolution in the organisation and self-awareness of transsexual people throughout the world, inspiring others to come together to form an international community through lecturing, writing, media appearances and mentoring a new generation of campaigners.

Stephen Whittle is now Professor of Equalities Law at Manchester Metropolitan University where he taught for many years in the areas of Contemporary Social Law, Gender, Sexual Orientation and the Law, and Human Rights. He is a founder and vice-president of Press For Change (http://www.pfc.org.uk), which campaigns for respect and equality for all trans people. He is also co-ordinator of the UK’s support network for ’female to male’ trans people (http://www.ftm.org.uk).

He transitioned from female to male himself in the mid-1970s, having come from a background of Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation politics at that time, and he has very much retained his feminist and queer political views that were developed then.

A leading community organiser for almost 30 years

Stephen’s campaign CV can be traced back to 1973 when he joined the Campaign for Homosexual Equality (still attempting to identify as a Lesbian at that time). In 1974, he co-founded the Manchester Lesbian Collective - a radical group which was involved in setting up the first Manchester Women’s Refuge. He announced that he was a man shortly afterwards and, with the group’s support, contacted other trans people in and around Manchester. Along with others he started the very first support group in the UK for transsexuals and transvestites. The group was to be instrumental in the setting up of the Manchester Gay Switchboard.

In 1975 Stephen joined the Beaumont Society, as a trans man and became co-editor of the Beaumont News, a magazine for what was ostensibly a heterosexual male transvestite organisation at that time. In 1979 he was a founder member of the first UK self help group for transsexual people and has remained involved in all the self-help groups that have come into existence since then. In 1990 he founded the FTM Network, a self-help group for trans men which now has over 700 members in the UK, and members from another 20 countries.

The turning point in his career

The 1970’s and 80’s were a time of social and political oblivion for transsexual people in the UK, following the infamous divorce case of April Ashley and Arthur Corbett in 1969-70.

During this period trans people had no employment protection and were always vulnerable to being sensationally “outed” in the press. Stephen had been sacked from several jobs in the 10780s and 80s, when he was discovered to be transsexual. In 1985, to become his own boss, he set up a small construction and property development business.

The first attempt to reverse the legal position of transsexual people came in the 1980’s, when another contemporary, Mark Rees, took the very first case against the UK Government to the European Court of Human Rights. The case was lost in 1986 but the dissenting views of several international judges convinced Stephen that the path to achieving any significant change in the position of trans people in the UK lay in learning to use the law as an instrument of social change.

As well as working all hours running his business, being a scout leader, and continuing to support The Gender Trust (a support group for transsexual people), Stephen signed on for a part time law degree.

Stephen graduated in 1990 and then went on to achieve an M.A. (in “Crime, Deviance and Social Policy”) through further part time study. In 1995 he earned a Ph.D. for his leading research on “Transsexuals and the Law” and became a full time lecturer in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University.

A major contributor to the development of Human Rights law

Though Stephen became an academic relatively late in life he has taken the opportunity, over the last few years, to participate in developing wide ranging new theoretical, policy and legal approaches to the paradigms of gender, sex and sexuality. Though his work has primarily concentrated on the transgender and transsexual communities it has been wide ranging in its approach to the construction of legal discourses in areas such as employment law, family law, reproductive and children’s rights, European Law and the European courts, social activism and policy development.

Recognition of Stephen’s expertise has led to his invitation to provide documentary guidance, on behalf of ILGA Europe, to the European Council as to future amendments of the European Convention on Human Rights. He has also acted as an advisor to the ‘LGBT audit’ project of Northern Ireland’s Human Rights Commission (Advisory Board of the Human Rights and Equality Centre, University of Ulster, Human Rights Commission, Northern Ireland), and he has provided direct guidance to the NIHRC as to the inclusion of gender identity as a protected category within the proposed Bill of Rights.

Stephen’s work in this field was recognised by his legal peers when he received the 2002 Liberty / Justice Human Rights Award for his leading contribution to the advancement of trans people’s rights through the law.

Founding Press for Change

In 1992 Stephen co-founded the UK transsexual rights campaign organisation “Press for Change” and placed his imprint on the evolution of the group’s objectives and structure by creating an environment which actively encouraged otherwise timid people to contribute as much or as little as they felt able. Press for Change borrows many organisational concepts from Whittle’s feminist experience but, whilst the body is essentially non-hierarchic, seasoned and fresh campaigners indisputably regard Stephen as the voice of experience and consensual leadership on legal questions.

Leading by Example — In the Media

Part of the reason for the high regard in which Stephen is held by transsexual people is his willingness to lead by example. Trans people have had good reason in the past to actively fear the media and the effects of public exposure. In spite of those dangers, however, Stephen has consistently put himself forward as a media figure and spokesman for the community for more than a decade. Significant recent examples include the charting of his phalloplasty surgery in the Channel Four documentary “Make me a Man”, full page articles in the Times Law and Higher Education Supplements, and appearances on news and current affairs programmes such as “Newsnight” in the immediate wake of the landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in July 2002.

Other trans campaigners regularly contribute comment to news stories nowadays but Stephen’s contribution is in a completely different league, both in terms of the prominence given to his authority as a leadership figure, and the sheer number and consistency of his contributions over such a long period of time. Stephen is perceived to be the leading face of trans activism not only in the UK, but elsewhere too. In addition Stephen regularly contributes as a consultant to the making of many other television and radio programmes. In the last six years alone he has contributed to around 30 programmes, including six on BBC television, ten on BBC network radio and the majority of the remainder for Channel Four independents.

Leading by Example — In Print

It is in print that Stephen has made some of his most lasting contributions, as a leading academic presenting over 100 international conference papers in the field of gender theory, through chapters in nine edited books, via Amicii Briefs to the courts in numerous international transgender rights cases, and through author/editorship of a further nine books, all of which contribute to a widening study and understanding of transgender lives. His textbook, “Respect and Equality — Transsexual and Transgender Rights” (Cavendish: 2002) is the first authoritative summary of the collective experience of pursuing transgender rights cases through the world’s courts.

He has recently collaborated with Susan Stryker, the highly regarded transgender historian from San Francisco, on “The Transgender Studies Reader” (Toutledge, Taylor Francis, 2006) which contains an annotated collection of the historial, social, scientific and cultural studies on trans lives.

Through his writing and example on international conference platforms Stephen has inspired countless other trans writers and speakers to develop their talents and contribute to what is now a large and diverse body of thought.

Leading by Example — In the Courts

In addition to his media appearances and writing Stephen has been a high profile litigant himself, breaking new ground first by establishing the right to artificial insemination treatment to enable his partner to become pregnant in the early 90’s and subsequently taking the case of his family to the European Court of Human Rights in 1996 (in the pursuit of the children’s right to have him recognised as their legal father).

Although involving one’s children and family in litigation and consequent publicity is a difficult road, wide open to criticism, the most compelling “proof” that Stephen’s family life is happy and normal is to show people, and the strength and support of the family which he and his partner have built speaks for itself. In turn, through this, Stephen and Sarah have inspired countless other trans people to seek their right to have families of their own too.

It is perhaps significant in itself that Stephen’s immense contributions to the trans community have been achieved whilst being at the same time a very active and loving parent to four children aged between five and twelve, and partner to Sarah for over twenty-five years.

On June 18th 2005 Stephen, his partner Sarah and their four children became the first trans family in the United Kingdom to benefit from the new rights created by The Gender Recognition Act, following Stephen’s legal recognition as a man. After waiting 26 years for the opportunity to do so, Stephen and Sarah married in a private and very moving service before family, colleagues and friends, in a small Methodist Church a few yards from their home near Stockport, Cheshire.

Individual Support

Although Stephen’s contributions as a high profile campaigner and legal consultant are well known, his less glamorous work behind the scenes is just as a significant.

The reputation and profile of Press for Change ensure a very large postbag, much of it comprising pleas for help from people suffering discrimination or harassment at work, or where they live. Problems such as this often require complex legal answers to convey to solicitors and writing individual replies of this kind takes a significant amount of time. The importance of Stephen’s contribution in this area is underlined by the fact that there is seldom anyone else who can give the complete answer on his behalf. In addition to everything else, therefore, Stephen works many unrecognised hours simply replying to people in person and supporting them. Again this is on top of his own family commitments.

Recent Campaign Activity

Stephen’s contribution and place as a leader in this field of social activism is so great that it is hard to list all of his contributions, especially over the last few years. As the pace of advancement for transsexual people in the UK has accelerated, however, it is relevant to focus particular attention upon his involvement in the change process:

In 1999 Stephen co-authored the trans community’s submission to the Interdepartmental Working Group, “Recognising the Identity and Rights of Transsexual and Transgender People in the United Kingdom”

In 2000 he led the trans community’s presentation to the Interdepartmental Working Group. Since then he has contributed extensively to further research by the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the Interdepartmental Working Group. Stephen is one of the four leading activists who liased extensively on matters leading to the successful passage of the Gender Recognition Act in 2004.

He is now President-elect of WPATH (the World Professionals Association for Transgender Health – formerly HBIGDA). He is the first trans person to hold this position. WPATH provides the standards of care for transgender health, and ahs over 500 members including counsellors, therapists, psychiatrists and surgeons, as well as lawyers and other related professionals. He will become Prsident of the Association in October 2007.

Currently he is leading a short research project for the Equalities Review, to discover the extent to which trans people suffer discrimination and experience being treated unequally.

Publications

Books - authored and co-authored

Whittle S, 2002, Respect and Equality: Transsexual and Transgender Rights, London: Cavendish Publishing: 2002
Whittle S, The Transgender Debate: The Crisis Surrounding Gender Identities, South Street Press: March 2000
Stryker, S., Whittle, S., 2006, A Transgender Studies Reader, New York & London: Taylor & Francis: Routledge
Whittle S, More K (eds): Reclaiming Genders: Transsexual Grammars at the fin de siecle, Cassell Publishing, August 1999
Whittle S, McMullen M: The Transvestite, the Transsexual and the Law, 3rd Edition, 1995, The Beaumont Trust, 2nd Edition, 1994 The Gender Trust, 1st Edition
Whittle S (ed): The Margins of the City: Gay Mens Urban Lives, 1994, Arena Press, Hampshire

Chapters in Books or Published Conference Papers - Refereed

Whittle, S., 2006, Impossible People: Viewing the Self portraits of Transsexual People in A. Rogers ed. Parody, Pastiche and the Politics of Art: Materiality in a Post-material Paradigm, University of Central England in Birmingham in association with Ikon Gallery
Watson, K., Whittle, S., 2004, Slicing Through Healthy Bodies: The media of body modification In M. King and K.Watson, Representing Health: Discourses of health and illness in the media London: Palgrave pp. 104-136. pages: 35
Whittle, S., 2005, Sustaining Values: Feminist Investments in the Transgender Body, In Y.W. Haschemi and B. Michaelis, eds. Quer durch die Geisteswissenschaften. Perspektiven der Queer Theory. Berlin: Querverlag, pp. 157-168, pages: 10
Whittle, S., 2004, Transgender and the Law, In Bland, J., ed. Transvestism and Cross Dressing: Current Views, London: Beaumont Trust, pp. 116-128, pages: 13
Whittle, S., 2001, Sex: has it Any Place in Modern Marriage? In R.Wintemute and M. Andenaes, eds. Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships, Oxford: Hart Publishing, pp. 693-713, pages: 21
Whittle, S., 2001, Transgender, Law, In J. Michie, ed., A Reader’s Guide to the Social Sciences, New York and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 1684-1686, pages: 3
Whittle, S., 2001, Homosexuality, Law, In J. Michie, ed., A Reader’s Guide to the Social Sciences, New York and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 730-731, pages: 2
Whittle, S., 2001, Transgender, Psychology, In J. Michie, ed., A Reader’s Guide to the Social Sciences, New York and London: Fitzroy Dearborn, pp. 1686-1688, pages 2
Whittle S., 2000, Perfidious Man In Self W, Gamble D: Perfidious Man, Penguin: Viking
Whittle S, Downs C., Seeking a Gendered Adolescence: Legal and Ethical Problems of Puberty Suppression among Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria In Heinze E (ed) Children’s Rights: Of Innocence and Autonomy, Dartmouth Press, October 2000 pp 195-208, pages: 13
Whittle S: The Becoming Man - Law, Chromosomes, Gonads and Genitals, In More K, Whittle S, Reclaiming Genders: Transsexual Grammers at the fin de Siecle, London: Cassell Publishing, 1999, pp 15-33, pages: 19
Whittle S. Transgender - A New Agenda In Human Rights In Deehan S, Hegarty A (eds) A Human Rights Agenda for the Twenty First Century, Cavendish Publishing - Refereed Collection, 1999, pp 201-216, pages: 16
Whittle S., Gemeinschaftsfremden - or How to be Shafted by your Friends: Sterilisation Requirements and Legal Status Recognition for the Transsexual, In Beresford S, Monk D, Moran L (eds) Legal Queeries, Oxford: Blackwell Press, pp 42-56, pages: 15
Whittle S., Legislating for Transsexual Rights, In Bullough B, Bullough V (eds), Gender and Transgender Issues, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, pp 430-446, pages: 17
Whittle, S., 1997, Gender Conflicted Persons, In R. Francoeour ed. International Encyclopedia of Sexuality, London: Continuum Press, 2nd edition pp. pages: 8
Whittle, S., 1995, Gender Fucking or Fucking Gender?, In D. King, R Ekins, eds. Blending Genders: Social Aspects of Cross Dressing and Sex Changing, London: Routledge, pp 196-214, pages : 19
Whittle, S., 1994, Consuming Differences: The Collaboration of the Gay Body with the Cultural State, In S. Whittle ed. The Margins of the City, Hants: Arena, pp 27-43. pages: 17
Whittle, S., 1993, Legal Issues in Gender Dysphoria In Dr J Wheale (Ed), Counselling Gender Dysphoria, Exeter: ATC
Whittle, S., 1992, The Criminalisation of the Transsexual In GENDYS II, Report of the 2nd International Gender Dysphoria Conference

Papers / articles in refereed journals

Whittle, S The opposite of sex is politics - the UK Gender Recognition Act and why it is not perfect, just like you and me, Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 15, Number 3, November 2006.
Whittle, S., Witten, T.M., 2004, TransPanthers: The Greying of Transgender and the Law, Deakin Law Review 4(2) pp. 503-522
Hartley, C.F., Whittle, S., 2003, Different Sexed and Gendered Bodies Demand Different ways of Thinking About Policy and Practice, Practice: A Journal of the British Association of Social Workers, 15(3) pp. 61-73
Poole, L., Whittle, S., Stephens, P., 2002, Working with Transgendered and Transsexual People as Offenders in the Probation Service, Probation Journal, 49(3) pp 227-232 (contribution 60%)
Little, C., Stephens, P., Whittle, S. 2002, The Praxis and Politics of Policing: Problems Facing Transgender People, QUT Law & Justice Journal, 2(2) 2002 (contribution 50%)
Whittle S, 1999, New’isms’: Transsexual People and Institutionalised Discrimination in Employment Law, Contemporary Issues in Law, Vol 4, No 3, pp 31-53.
Whittle S, 1998, The Trans-Cyberian Mail Way, Journal of Social and Legal Studies, Vol 7(3), pp 389-408
Whittle. S., 1998, Editorial, in : The Journal of Gender Studies: Special Edition - Transgender, 7(3), pp 269-272

Papers / articles in non-refereed Journals or other publications

Whittle, S., October 2005 The Gender Recognition Act 2005, Diversity Exchange, pages: 2
Whittle S., August 2005, The Gender Recognition Act 2004: Technical Update, Workplace Law pages: 2
Whittle, S., August 2005, Gender recognition: Period of transition, Occupational Health, available at http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/08/01/29711/ Gender+recognition+Period+of+transition.htm
Whittle, S., 6th April 2005, New HR obligations for transsexual people, Personnel Today, available at, http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/04/06/29121/ New+HR+obligations+for+transsexual+people.htm
Whittle, S., October 2004, The Gender Recognition Act 2004, Childright: Jnl of Law and Policy affecting Children and Young People, cr210 pages: 2
Whittle, S., July 23 2002, Why my 3 Daughters Can at Last be our bridesmaids The Times, Law Section, pages: 1
Whittle, S., May 2002 Transsexual Families: A Good Future?, Childright: Jnl of Law and Policy affecting Children and Young People, cr186, pages: 2
Whittle, S., 2000, Legal Limbo, Law.co.uk: In practice/ Human Rights. http://uk.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer? pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Render&c=lc_article&cid=ZZZKBB5KL8C
Whittle, S., 1996, An Association for as Nobel a Purpose as Any, New Law Journal, p: 3
Whittle. S., et al, 1998, Transsexual People in the Workplace: A Code of Practice, London Press For Change
Whittle, S., 1998, Bornstein K, Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us Archives of Sexual Behaviour, November, (book review) pages: 2
Whittle, S., 1996, Lewins, F: Transsexualism in Society, Journal of Gender Studies, 5(2) p 236-237, (book review) pages 2
Whittle, S., 1995, Johannson W, Percy W, Outing: Shattering the Conspiracy of Silence, Journal of Gender Studies, 4(2) p 206-207, (book review) pages: 2
Whittle, S., 1995, Kennedy D, Sexy Dressing, Modern Law Review, 58(3) p 443, (book review) pages: 1
Whittle, S., 1994 From Psycho to the Silence of the Lambs: The Danger of Liking the Feminine on Film, Chrysalis Qtly, 1(7) pages: 4
Whittle, S., 1993, The History of a Psychiatric Diagnostic Category: Transsexualism Chrysalis Qtly, 1(5) pages: 4
Whittle, S., Jones, A., 1993, Consuming Differences: The Collaboration of the Gay Body with the Cultural State, A Study of Self Policing in Manchester’s Gay Village in British Leisure Studies Association and Dutch VVS Papers of Joint Conference on Internationalisation and Leisure Research

Papers Presented to Conferences

1990	Manchester University: International Gender Dysphoria Conference, Paper presented: Criminalising the Transsexual
1992	Manchester University: International Gender Dysphoria Conference, Paper presented: Do Transsexuals eat women: Social Constructions of Cross Dressing Fiends
1992	St Georges Hospital: Gender Identity and Development in Childhood and Adolescence. Keynote Speaker: Paper presented: The Adolescent Gender Dysphoric: Ethical Cases For Treatment
1992	University Utrecht: Internationalisation and Leisure Research. Paper Presented: Consuming Differences: The Gay Body and the Cultural State
1994	Manchester University: International Gender Dysphoria Conference, Paper presented: The Transsexual on Film
1995	California State University: International Congress on Cross Dressing, Sex and Gender, Paper presented: Legislating For Transsexual Rights
1995	Leads University: Socio-Legal Studies Association, Paper presented: Employment Protection and the Transsexual
1995	Houston: International Conference on Transgendered Law and Employment Policy, Keynote Speaker: paper presented: Choice and the Human Experience
1995	Lancaster University: Legal Queeries Conference, Paper presented: Legislation, Eugenics and the Trans-Person
1995	University of Ulm: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Symposium, Paper presented: Comparative Employment Law and the Transsexual’s Rights
1996	Southampton University: Socio-Legal Studies Association, Paper presented: Changing the rules: Current Transsexual Applications to the European Court of Human Rights
1996	Houston: International Conference on Transgendered Law and Employment Policy, Paper presented: Comparative Law Update: Current and Changing provisions
1996	Keele University: Body and Organisation Conference, Keynote Speaker: The Trans-Cyberian Mailway
1997	Cardiff: Socio-Legal Studies Association, paper presented: The Becoming Man - The formulation of “man” in the European Court of Human Rights
1997	Bristol University: Law and Masculinity Conference: Paper presented: Masculinity or Manhood - an essentialist construct of social law
1997	Houston: International Conference on Transgendered Law and Employment Policy, Paper presented: Comparative Law Update: Current and Changing provisions
1997	Penn State University: 2nd International Congress on Sex and Gender Issues. Paper presented: The Becoming Man - The formulation of “man” in the European Court of Human Rights
1998	London, Queen Mary Westfield College, Children’s Rights and Autonomy Conference: Paper presented: Medical Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria
1998	Keele University, Gender Sexuality and Law Conference: Paper presented: The Future of the Family, The ECHR and New Familiues’ law
1998	Washington, The American University: Lavender Languages Conference: Paper presented: Sex, Sex, Sex and Sex: Legal Langauge constructing Human Biology
1998	Oxford University, The Third International Congress on Sex and Gender: Paper presented: Medical Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria
1998	Moscow, The Modern University of Humanities. Celebrating 50 years of the UN Declaration of Human Rights: Keynote Speaker: Paper presented: The Role of the European Courts in facilitating Human Rights Claims
1999	Glasgow: Equal Opportunities Commission Equality Exchange Conference: Keynote Speaker: Developments Concerning the Employment of Transsexuals
1999	Leeds: Equal Opportunities Commission Equality Exchange Conference: Keynote Speaker: Developments Concerning the Employment of Transsexuals
1999	Manchester Metropolitan University, IASSC Conference: Why “Gender Identity” Should Be Included As An Expressly Prohibited Ground Of Discrimination In the New Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights
1999	Kings College, London, Conference: The Registration of Same Sex Partnerships: Keynote Speaker: Where Lie the Positive Obligations of the European Court to Recognize the Transsexual Person’s Family?
2000	Manchester Metropolitan University: British Psychological Society, The Psychology of Women Conference: Keynote Speaker: Trans Theory and Feminist Psychology
2000	London, Imperial College, The HBIGDA Symposium: The Role of the Medical Practitioner as Expert Witness, what do the Woolf Reforms reform?
2000	Miami: American Law and Society Association: Recognizing Gender Identity as a Protected Category in Human Rights Conventions
2000	University of Central Lancashire: Best Practice: Psychosexual Medicine: Keynote Speaker: Managing Same Sex Desire
2000	Chicago University: The Future of the Queer Past, American Gay and Lesbian History Association: Trans-Links of Friendships, the Bedroom and Politics: 1970’s Trans-Atlantic Influences on Current Transgender Politics in the UK
2000	Queensland University Brisbane: Feminist Law Conference: Transgender Policing (refereed)
2001	HBIGDA 17th Symposium Galveston: Transgender and Transsexual People in Custody: A Needs Assessment of their probation officers and the client group(refereed)
2002	Lancaster University Re-imagining Communities: Transmen in the 21st century (refereed)
2002	Keele University Gender Sexuality and Law Conference: Transgender and Transsexual People in Custody: A Needs Assessment of their probation officers and the client group(refereed)
2003	2004 HBIGDA 18th Symposium; Ghent Keynote Speaker New Ethics, New Law, New Practice in Transgender Lives (refereed)
2004	Popular Culture Association of North America San Antonio: Adam and Eve: Virginia Prince the First Transgender Person? (refereed)
2004	Humboldt University, Queering the Humanities: Keynote Speaker Sustaining Values: Feminist Activism by Trans Bodies (refereed)
2004	Manchester Metropolitan University, 6th Congress on Sex and Gender Diversity: Adam and Eve: The First Transgender Person? (refereed)
2005	Macquarie University, Body Modifaction II Conference: Real Transsexual Bodies: Surgically defined communities. (refereed)
2005	Paris: ILGA Symposium on the: LGBT family The Trans parent and their child
2005	Vienna: First European Transgender Council: What do we know? A review of the Trans person in European Community and Council Law
2006	Staffordshire University Law School: The Law of Couples: Having Children: The Transsexual’s child: AID, Adoption and Fostering in the Trans Community
2006	Geneva: ILGA World Conference: Transgender Workshop: Transphobia – what is it, and what is its impact
2006	CILIP Meeting: The Terroism Act 2006; its impact on library services.

Amicus Briefs

Ophelia Azriel De’lonta, A/K/A M. Stokes V Ronald J. Angelone, Et Al., C.A. #7:99-Cv-00642 (2004) United States District Court, Western District Of Virginia
Christine Goodwin v UK Government, application No. 28957/95 (2002) ECHR, http://www.echr.coe.int/hudoc
I v United Kingdom Government Application no. 25680/94 (2002) ECHR, http://www.echr.coe.int/hudoc
A v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police (1999) (IT Case No. 1802020/98) (unreported)
Joanne Brandon, Personal Representative of the Estate of Teena Brandon (deceased) v The County of Richardson, Nebraska and Charles B. Laux, Richardson County Sheriff. [2000] Nebraska Supreme Court, Case no S-00-0022 (unreported)
Aranoff v Quebec Director of Civil Status, [1999] Quebec Superior Court (unreported)
Sheffield & Horsham v UK [1998], ECHR, 27 EHHR 163 http://www.echr.coe.int/hudoc
X, Y & Z v UK (1997), ECHR, 24 EHRR 143, http://www.echr.coe.int/hudoc
Malone v RAF [1996] High Ct (unreported)
Re: Brian (aka Maria) New York Supreme ct, Appellate Division [2006]

Commissions

Whittle, S, 2006 : Older Trans People: Information Guide and webpage: Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER
Whittle, S., 2005, Identifying and Addressing The Needs Of Older Trans People: A Discussion Paper for Age Concern England, Report to Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER unpublished
Whittle, S., 2002, Employment Discrimination and Transsexual People, Report for the Gender Identity Research and Education Society, Ashtead, Surrey. Available at http://www.gires.org.uk/Text_Assets/Employment_Disc_Full_Paper.pdf
Stephens, P., Whittle S,., 2001, A Pilot Study of Provision For Transsexual and Transgender People in The Criminal Justice System, and the Information Needs of their Probation Officers. Report for the Home Office Research Directorate, Available at http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/384
Whittle, S., et al, 1999, Recognising the Identity and Rights of Transsexual and Transgender People in the United Kingdom: A Report for the UK Government Interdepartmental Working Group On Transsexual Issues, Report from Press For Change, London. Available at http://www.pfc.org.uk/node/450

Awards and Honours

2006: International Federation for Gender Education: Virginia Prince Lifetime Achievement Award
2005: Officer of the Order of the British Empire) 2005 New Year’s Honours list, for services to Gender Issues.
2002: The ‘Sylvia Rivera Award for Transgender Studies’ for the monograph ‘Respect and Equality’ 2002. London: Cavendish Publishing
2002: The ‘LIBERTY / JUSTICE’ Human Rights Award 2002 for extensive commitment and dedication to ensuring the advancement of rights for transsexual people.
1999: The Gender Identity Research and Education Association Research Prize of £500, for the chapter Transgender - A New Agenda In Human Rights in Leonard, S and Hegarty, A:”A Human Rights Agenda for the Twenty First Century” 1999, Cassells.

Other work

GETTING WED: (with Sara Davidmann) : a combined photographic and textual installation, Oh!Art Gallery, at Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London
ANTEDECADENTS: A photographic exhibition shown at the Lux Cinema, Hoxton Square, London during October 1999.

Forthcoming Publications

Whittle, S., August 2006, Transsexual people in the Military, In J. Barrett ed. Title yet undecided, Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing
Whittle, S., August 2006, The Gender Recognition Act 2004, In J. Barrett ed. Title yet undecided, Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing
Whittle, S., September 2006, Transgender/Transsexual: An Historical and Theoretical Overview across Cultures, In Ropp, P. ed., Encyclopaedia of Women in World History Oxford: Oxford University Press

Television and Radio appearances and consultations

1996	BBC2:	The Day That Changed my Life
1996	Radio 4:	Comment : Newsnight
1996	Radio 5:	Deconstructing the Nuclear Family
1996	Channel 4:	Thanks a Bunch Ld Ormrod
1996	HTV	The Friday Late Show
1997	Radio 5	Comment: Personal Views
1997	Ulster TV	The Jerry Kelly Show
1997	BBC 1	Heart of the Matter: Film and discussion
1998	BBC 1	The Lying Game
1998	Channel 4	Consultant: A Cottage Industry
1998	Channel 4	Consultant: The Village, Manchester’s Gay Community
1998	Radio 4	Comment: Midweek
1998	BBC 1	Comment: Northwest Tonight
1999	Scottish TV	A Simple Guide to Psychology
1999	BBC 1	Comment: Northwest Tonight
1999	BBC Radio 4	Sunday: The Meaning of Fatherhood
1999	The World Service	An Essential Guide to the 21st century: 2 features: Alternative Families; and Gender Roles
2000	Blakeway Associates	ID: Gender Identity Formation
2000	Optoman Television	Consultant: Channel 4 Education Series: Boy meets Girl
2000	BBC Radio 4	The Choice
2001	Channel 4	Consultant: Changing Sex
2001	BBC Radio 4	Interview: Woman’s Hour
2002	Channel 4	Make me a Man
2002	BBC 1	Comment: News Night
2002	BBC Radio 4	Comment: The One O’clock News
2002	BBC Radio 2	Comment: The JY Show
2002	BBC Radio Scotland	Comment: The News Show
2005	Granada	Regular On Show Advisor: This Morning
2006	Channel 4	Return to Gender

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