Editing Judith Butler (section)

====''The Guardian'' interview====
On September 7, 2021, ''[[The Guardian]]'' published an interview<ref name="Guardian interview">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/07/judith-butler-interview-gender |title=Judith Butler: 'We need to rethink the category of woman' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 7, 2021 |accessdate=September 8, 2021 |last=Gleeson|first=Jules|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> with Butler by Jules Gleeson that included Butler's view of [[Feminist views on transgender topics#Gender-critical feminism and trans-exclusionary radical feminism|trans-exclusionary feminists]] (TERFs). In response to a question about the [[Wi Spa controversy]], the ''[[Press Gazette]]'' stated that Butler, in the ''Guardian'' article, said: "The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times."<ref>{{cite news|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/guardian-pulls-judith-butler-gender-interview/|title=Guardian pulls quotes from interview in which academic compared 'anti-gender ideology' to fascism|work=[[Press Gazette]]|location=London|date=September 8, 2021|access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref> Within a few hours of publication, three paragraphs including this statement were removed, with a note explaining: "This article was edited on 7 September 2021 to reflect developments which occurred after the interview took place."<ref name="Guardian censored">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-the-guardian-censored-judith-butler-on-terfs/ |title=Why The Guardian Censored Judith Butler on TERFs |work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |date=September 8, 2021 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |author=Maiberg, Emanuel}}</ref>

''The Guardian'' was then accused of censoring Butler for having compared TERFs to fascists. British writer [[Roz Kaveney]] called it "a truly shocking moment of bigoted dishonesty," while British transgender activist and writer [[Juno Dawson]], among others, observed that ''The Guardian'' had inadvertently triggered the [[Streisand effect]]—an attempt to censor yields the unintended consequence of increasing awareness of a topic.<ref name="Guardian accused of censoring">{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/09/08/judith-butler-guardian-interview-terf-trans/ |title=The Guardian accused of 'censoring' Judith Butler interview comparing TERFs to fascists: 'Cowards' |work=[[PinkNews]] |date=September 8, 2021 |accessdate=September 8, 2021 |author=Wakefield, Lily}}</ref> The next day, ''The Guardian'' acknowledged "a failure in our editorial standards".<ref name="Guardian censored"/>