In the spring/summer of 2022, there was only one name on the tongues of the Daily Mail editors and no prizes for guessing who…the American trans woman swimmer Lia Thomas. They were not alone; other right-wing trans-hostile media outlets joined in; the Times, GB News, The Telegraph and LBC were tremendous allies to “save women’s sports.” The usual gender-critical antagonists supported the campaign against Lia, such as Emma Hilton, Jon Pike, and Dr Ross Tucker – aided and abetted by the trans-hostile organisation Fair Play for Women and celebs such as Peers Morgan and Sharron Davies. With such a wall…
