Stephen Whittle

Professor
Stephen Whittle
OBE FAcSS
Stephen Whittle at Buckingham Palace in 2005
Born (1955-05-29) 29 May 1955 (age 69)
Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
Known forEqual rights for transgender people activism
TitleProfessor of Law
SpouseSarah Rutherford
Children4

Stephen Thomas Whittle, OBE, FAcSS (born 29 May 1955) is a British legal scholar and activist with the transgender activist group Press for Change.[1] Since 2007, he has been Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University.[2][3] Between 2007 and 2009, he was president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).[4] Having been assigned female at birth, he is described as "a radical lesbian before his sex change and now a leading commentator on gender issues",[5] who after the Gender Recognition Act 2004 came into force in April 2005, achieved legal recognition as a man and so was able to marry his female partner.[6]

  1. ^ MacKean, Liz (12 July 2002). "Transsexual Rights". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Professor of Equalities Law". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Welsh NHS to fund more sex-swap ops". The Christian Institute. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ^ "WPATH Past Presidents". World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. ^ David Ottewell; Clarissa Satchell (31 December 2004). "Sykes and Waterman celebrate awards". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Pondering pensions". BBC News. 11 July 2002. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.