Celebrated author JK Rowling has called on politicians to confront threats from militant trans activists after an investigation revealed plans to target the offices of senior ministers, including the Prime Minister.
Militant Group's Targets and Tactics
The Mail on Sunday exposed that the group, calling itself Bash Back, is orchestrating a campaign of criminal damage against high-profile political figures. The trans-led direct action project, which focuses on "total transgender liberation", urged its members to form covert cells and plot attacks.
Rowling shared the newspaper's revelations on social media platform X, describing the group as part of a "totalitarian movement". She wrote: "Who knows, now that trans activists aren't only stalking, harassing, doxxing, threatening and physically assaulting women, our politicians might finally take the violence that's such a key feature of this totalitarian movement seriously."
The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, is a prime target. In August, Bash Back vandalised his Ilford North constituency office, smashing windows and daubing the words "child killer" on the front. The attack followed Streeting's comments that he was "deeply uncomfortable" with an NHS trial of puberty-blocking drugs for children.
Security Services on Alert
Following the Mail on Sunday's investigation, journalists notified the Metropolitan Police and parliamentary security services. A security briefing commissioned by the Free Speech Union suggests British intelligence agencies are now monitoring the trans activist cells.
The group employs sophisticated methods to avoid detection, including stripping metadata from documents and using ultra-secure email systems. A security memo states: "Given the first attack was on the office of a HM Gov minister, almost certainly the group responsible will be investigated by security services."
Beyond politicians, Bash Back's list of potential targets includes the Free Speech Union and the feminist organisation Sex Matters. The group's pamphlet declares it targets organisations promoting "transphobic rhetoric", adding: "All of our targets have blood on their hands. We refuse to let them wash it off in peace."
A Pattern of Criminal Damage
Bash Back has a documented history of vandalism. On October 10, members attacked the Brighton Centre during the FiLiA Women's Liberation Conference, smashing windows and spraying pink paint. The group labelled the feminist event a gathering for "terfs".
Later the same month, they targeted the London headquarters of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over its guidance on single-sex spaces.
Maya Forstater, CEO of Sex Matters, criticised the perceived impunity, stating: "After years in which police forces rolled out the red carpet for trans lobby groups and harassed women's rights campaigners, it's no wonder that Bash Back seems to believe it can cause criminal damage with impunity."
A Government spokesman condemned the threats: "Threats, harassment, and vandalism are not only cowardly, they're criminal and we will pursue anyone who targets politicians and their staff in this way, with the full force of the law. The rhetoric from this group is dangerous."
