Press cuttings archive
For press cuttings after 17th August 2023, see the weekly update of Sex Matters in the media on our Press page.
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Fiona McAnena on BBC Radio Ulster
Fiona McAnena on the Nolan Show with Holly Hamilton talking to Joshua Rozenberg, Robin White, Doug Beattie and Aine...
25th April 2025
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Maya Forstater on BBC Scotland
Maya Forstater speaks to Kaye Adams on BBC Scotland about the practicalities of the Supreme Court’s ruling. 10:24 on...
24th April 2025
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Sex Matters in the Guardian, 16th April 2025
Amy Sedghi for The Guardian: ‘UK supreme court ruling on legal definition of woman ‘brings clarity and confidence’, says...
16th April 2025
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Sex Matters in the Telegraph, 16th April 2025
Tim Sigsworth, Tom McArdle, Janet Eastham, Hayley Dixon, Daniel Martin and Jack Maidment for The Telegraph: ‘JK Rowling hails...
16th April 2025
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Sex Matters in the Independent, 16th April 2025
Jess Glass for the Independent: ‘Trans women with gender certificate can be barred from single-sex areas – court’.
16th April 2025
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Sex Matters in the Times, 16th April 2025
Peter Chappell and Sanchez Manning for The Times: ‘UK Supreme Court live: JK Rowling hails ruling on trans women’.
16th April 2025
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Sex Matters in the Mail, 16th April 2025
Same Merriman and Kamal Sultan for the Mail: “Trans women are NOT legally women: Definition of a woman relates...
16th April 2025
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Lib Dem activists say menstruation ‘not just a women’s issue’ as party to debate motion
Katie Harris, political reporter for the Express
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is quoted. “Of course menstruation is solely...21st August 2023
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Gender-critical website blocked on train wi-fi network
Kieran Gair for The Times
The Sex Matters site has been flagged up for ‘being linked to terrorism and hate’....7th August 2023
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Elon Musk promises to foot legal bills of people fired for X posts
James Beal, Social Affairs Editor for The Times
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is quoted.7th August 2023
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“Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality” – My conversation with Helen Joyce
Richard Dawkins talks with Helen Joyce about "the gender delusion".
51:02 on YouTube29th July 2023
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Trans Activist Emotional Blackmail, Silencing Women, and Redefining Language, with Helen Joyce
US journalist Megyn Kelly interviews Sex Matters’ Helen Joyce for The Megyn Kelly Show.
1:39:35 on YouTube20th July 2023
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GP who gave puberty blockers to children nominated for award
James Beal for The Times
Helen Joyce of Sex Matters is quoted.12th July 2023
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Doctor who gave puberty blockers to children nominated for ITV-backed diversity award
Patrick Sawer for The Telegraph
Helen Joyce of Sex Matters is quoted.11th July 2023
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Paused investigation into Baroness Falkner risks equalities watchdog ‘running adrift’
Edward Malnick for The Telegraph
EHRC head accused of discrimination in her efforts to rebalance quango’s approach to trans issues,... -
Why DfE dithering is to blame for the trans cat-fight
Helen Joyce for SchoolsWeek
Cat-identifying children are a distraction from the fact that schools have been left to teach fiction... -
Maya Forstater hits out at ‘ideologically captured’ CPS for guidelines stating parents could be charged with domestic abuse for refusing to pay for their child’s transgender treatment or not using their preferred pronoun
Harry Howard for Mail Online
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‘A man having a baby suck his nipple is not breastfeeding’: Gender-critical campaigners slam trans woman activist for using a child as an ‘identity prop’ after she posted image of her breastfeeding on a bus
Rory Tingle and John Ely for Mail Online
Sex Matters’ Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce are both quoted.4th July 2023
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Reality vs. Trans Ideology | Helen Joyce & Peter Boghossian
Peter and Helen discuss the definition of sex, why trans men should be allowed in women’s spaces, the tragedy...
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“Vague complaints about transphobia when they won’t tell you what that is.”
Richard Tice interviews Maya Forstater for Talk TV
A woman who lost her job for saying biological sex cannot be... -
Maya Forstater: gender-critical campaigner wins £100,000
James Beal, Social Affairs Editor for The Times
The gender-critical campaigner Maya Forstater has said that her £100,000 compensation award... -
Woman who lost job after tweeting view on biological sex awarded £100,000
Miranda Bryant for The Guardian
Award follows tribunal ruling that Maya Forstater was unfairly discriminated against because of her gender-critical... -
Maya Forstater: Woman who lost her job over transgender views awarded £100k compensation
Sky News.
In 2021, Maya Forstater told Sky News that "girls grew up to be women, boys grew up to... -
Maya Forstater: Woman gets payout for discrimination over trans tweets
A woman who lost out on a job after tweeting gender-critical views is to get a £100,000 payout after...
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Maya Forstater wins more than £100,000 in compensation from think-tank after she lost her job for believing that people cannot change their biological sex
Daisy Graham-Brown for Mail Online
Researcher's contract not renewed after voicing 'gender critical' beliefs in 2018.
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People’s History Museum issue apology after ‘gender critical’ group host boardroom meeting
Adam Maidment for the Manchester Evening News
The museum, located on Left Bank in Spinningfields, was the subject of... -
Maya Forstater on BBC 2 Politics Live
Maya Forstater is interviewed alongside Robin Moira White by presenter Jo Coburn for BBC 2's Politics Live.
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Maya Forstater: Today’s Common debate on sex, gender and the Equality Act. The Government must clear up this mess.
Maya Forstater for Conservative Home
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Backlash over Oxfam’s trans guidance
Ben Ellery for The Times
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How did NHS body get the law so badly wrong over its rules on same-sex care?
Sonia Sodha for The Guardian
Sex Matters’ chair Naomi Cunningham as quoted as a barrister specialising in discrimination law. -
NHS trans guidelines ‘put patients at risk of sexual assault by staff’
Sarah O'Grady for the Express with a comment by Maya Forstater, founder of Sex Matters.
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NHS Confederation says women have no right to know a healthcare worker’s sex: Helen Joyce interviewed
Helen Joyce interviewed by Ian Collins for TalkTV.