Stephen Whittle

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Stephen Whittle (left) and Christine Burns at Buckingham Palace
Stephen Whittle (Stephen Thomas Whittle, born 1955) is a United Kingdom activist with the transactivist organization Press for Change.[1] Since 2007, he has been professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University.[2] Between 2007 and 2009, he was president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).[3] An FTM transsexual, he is described as "a radical lesbian before his sex change and now a leading commentator on gender issues",[4]

After the Gender Recognition Act 2004 came into force in April 2005, he achieved legal recognition as man and so was able to marry his female partner.[5]

He has written many books and articles on trans issues.

In the 2005 New Year Honours he received an OBE for "services to Gender Issues".[6]

He was listed under "Lifetime Achievement Awards" in the Pink List 2011.

References

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  1. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/archive/2124905.stm Liz MacKean "Transsexual Rights" BBC News 12 July 2002
  2. ↑ http://www.staff.mmu.ac.uk/manmetlife/news/view/stephen-feted-in-the-usa "Stephen feted in the USA"
  3. ↑ http://www.wpath.org/committees_past_presidents.cfm "WPATH Past Presidents" World Professional Association for Transgender Health
  4. ↑ http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/141/141548_sykes_and_waterman_celebrate_awards.html David Ottewell and Clarissa Satchell "Sykes and Waterman celebrate awards" Manchester Evening News 31 December 2004
  5. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_at_one/2121942.stm "Pondering pensions" BBC News 11 July 2002
  6. ↑ London Gazette 57509, 31 December 2004 page 13
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