Publications
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YouGov / Sex Matters survey results, May 2025
Results of fieldwork on 8th–9th May 2025.
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Letter to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
We wrote to Peter Kyle MP on 18th May 2025 to flag three key problems with the reassurances he...
19th May 2025
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Another letter to the Health and Safety Executive
We wrote to the HSE in February 2025 expressing concern about the lack of clear guidance on single-sex facilities...
15th May 2025
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Letter to the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation
Sex Matters wrote to Lord Vallance about comments he made in the House of Lords debate on amendments to...
13th May 2025
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Data Bill – briefing for House of Lords debate on 12th May 2025
Following the recent Supreme Court judgment which has confirmed the importance of biological sex as a characteristic in life...
12th May 2025
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Workplace toilets: know your rights
We explain the legislation on workplace toilets, whose job it is to make sure that workplaces comply with the...
7th May 2025
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Workplace toilets factsheet
Employers that do not communicate and enforce clear policies about separate-sex facilities are likely to be in breach of...
7th May 2025
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Data Bill: amendment NC21 – briefing for Parliamentarians
Report stage – House of Commons 7th May 2025 Large-print version of this briefing.
5th May 2025
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Letter to Stonewall CEO and chair
We wrote to Simon Blake OBE, CEO of Stonewall, and Cat Dixon, its chair, to point out that by...
2nd May 2025
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Letter to the chief executive of the NHS Confederation
We wrote to Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, asking him to withdraw guidance that encourages NHS...
2nd May 2025
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Letter to the CEO of NHS England and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Letter to Sir James Mackey, CEO of NHS England – copied to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for...
30th April 2025
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Letter to Karen Adam MSP
We have written to express our concerns about the Equality Network’s submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil...
28th April 2025
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Letter to the Prime Minister
We wrote to Keir Starmer after the Supreme Court judgment on 16th April 2025 to ask him to take...
22nd April 2025
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For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers UK Supreme Court judgment – Parliamentary briefing
This briefing sets out some actions the government should take. It will help MPs and peers to ask the...
22nd April 2025
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Supreme Court judgment: summary and practical advice
The Supreme Court has clarified that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 means biological sex, male or female. Policies...
21st April 2025
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Supreme Court judgment: summary and practical advice as pdf
A summary of the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers judgment and practical advice for organisations to...
21st April 2025
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Submissions for the preliminary hearing on 15th April 2025 of Sandie Peggie v Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton
Submissions from Sex Matters, For Women Scotland, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie and Tribunal Tweets on the respondents’ application to restrict...
15th April 2025
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Gender-recognition certificates (GRCs): the facts
As background information for the Supreme Court judgment on For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers on 16th April...
14th April 2025
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Letter to Nick Goodwin, Chief Executive of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
Letter sharing observations about recent employment tribunals using the Cloud Video Platform system, from MurrayBlackburnMackenzie, For Women Scotland, Sex...
9th April 2025
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What happened at Sussex University?
What led the University of Sussex to adopt an unlawful policy that led the Office for Students to fine...
1st April 2025
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The Sullivan Review and the Data Bill – Parliamentary briefing
The Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender was published by the Department for Science, Innovation...
20th March 2025
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Digital ID can’t be gender self-ID
We all have a right to have the fact of our sex correctly and reliably recorded.
3rd March 2025
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Letter to the Health and Safety Executive
We wrote to Sarah Albon, the chief executive of the HSE, to express concern about the lack of clear...
26th February 2025
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Letter to Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Scotland
Sex Matters, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie, For Women Scotland and Fair Play For Women wrote urging Gray to take action...
18th February 2025
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Input to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Our January 2025 submission to the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as it considers the response...
11th February 2025
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Data (Use and Access) Bill: going to the Commons – Parliamentary briefing
The government’s Data (Use and Access) Bill will soon be moving to the House of Commons, with the second...
7th February 2025
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Witness statement of Maya Forstater in Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Elizabeth Upton
Maya Forstater’s statement for this Scottish Employment Tribunal in February 2025.
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Letter to Stonewall about its revised definition of “transphobia”.
Sex Matters has written to Stonewall’s CEO to applaud him for taking the brave step of discarding the previous...
3rd February 2025
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Workplace toilets for women and men – briefing for employers
A two-page briefing to help employers understand the law and best practice.
31st January 2025
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Game On – community and school sport: Culture, Media and Sport committee inquiry
Sex Matters’ contribution to the inquiry being undertaken by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee to examine the health...
30th January 2025
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Data (Use and Access) Bill: Lords report stage – Parliamentary briefing
The government’s Data (Use and Access) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 23rd October 2024. Report...
21st January 2025
