Finn Mackay

Finn Mackay (born 1977/1978) is a British sociologist and radical trans feminist[1] campaigner.

Mackay is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Bristol[2] and identifies as "a queer butch, or transmasc, identifying with much in the trans-with-an-asterisk label".[3] During their[lower-alpha 1] teenage years, Mackay was part of an all-women's peace camp, where they became involved in lesbian feminism.[4]

Mackay founded the London Feminist Network, a group helping victims of domestic violence, and has argued against pornographication.[4] They have also led a revival of the "Reclaim the Night" movement,[2] and has written about its history.[5] Mackay returned to academia to study the changes in the British women's liberation movement.[6]

In 2021, Mackay wrote Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars: The Politics of Sex.[2]

See also

Notes
  1. Mackay prefers to use gender-neutral pronouns (they/them).

References
  1. Jolly, Margaretta (2019). Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the UK Women's Liberation Movement, 1968-present. Oxford University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-19-065884-7.
  2. Mackay, Finn (5 October 2021). "Finn Mackay: the writer hoping to help end the gender wars". The Guardian (Interview). Interviewed by Gaby Hinsliff. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. Mackay, Finn (25 January 2022). "Still Too Hot To Handle? Firebrand Radical Feminism". Hypatia: 1–5. doi:10.1017/hyp.2021.74. ISSN 0887-5367. S2CID 246355473.
  4. Long, Julia (13 September 2012). Anti-Porn: The Resurgence of Anti-Pornography Feminism. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 137, 150. ISBN 978-1-78032-027-4.
  5. Mackay, Finn (1 May 2014). "Mapping the Routes: An exploration of charges of racism made against the 1970s UK Reclaim the Night marches". Women's Studies International Forum. 44: 46–54. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.03.006. ISSN 0277-5395.
  6. Aghtaie, Nadia; Gangoli, Geetanjali (21 August 2014). Understanding Gender Based Violence: National and international contexts. Routledge. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1-135-10787-1.
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