Stephen Whittle

Stephen Thomas Whittle, OBE (born 29 May 1955) is a United Kingdom activist with the transactivist organization 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). A British FTM transsexual, 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 man and so was able to marry his female partner.

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Stephen Whittle
Birth dateMay 29, 1955
Birth place
Altrincham
TitleProfessor of Law

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