Helen Joyce
director of advocacy, Sex Matters; author, TRANS: when ideology meets reality

Helen Joyce is author of TRANS: when ideology meets reality, published in July 2021 by OneWorld and in paperback since May 2022. A Times of London and Spectator book of the year, it is a UK and Amazon top 10 bestseller. TRANS received rave reviews in publications ranging from the Telegraph to the New York Times, and endorsements from, among others, Daniel Dennett (‘a sane, humane book’), Lionel Shriver (‘utterly unintimidated by extremist orthodoxy’) and Richard Dawkins (‘thoroughly researched, passionate and very brave).

Until April 2022, Helen was The Economist’s Britain editor. She joined the paper in 2005 as education correspondent; subsequent jobs include Brazil correspondent (based in São Paulo), international editor, finance editor and executive editor for events. Before that she edited Plus, an online magazine about maths published by the University of Cambridge, and was founding editor for the Royal Statistical Society’s magazine, Significance. She has a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College Dublin, a Master’s from Cambridge and a PhD from University College London, all in mathematics.

Helen now works as director of advocacy for Sex Matters, a human-rights organisation that campaigns for sex-based rights. Her journalism and subscription newsletter can be found on her website, thehelenjoyce.com.

Follow Helen on Twitter @hjoycegender

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