Stephen Whittle
Stephen Thomas Whittle, OBE, FAcSS (born 29 May 1955) is a British legal scholar and activist with the transgender activist group Press for Change. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University. Between 2007 and 2009, he was president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). 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", 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.
Stephen Whittle | |
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Stephen Whittle at Buckingham Palace in 2005 | |
| Born | 29 May 1955 Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Known for | Equal rights for transgender people activism |
| Title | Professor of Law |
| Spouse | Sarah Rutherford |
| Children | 4 |
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