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Fairness for women in sport is only for the lucky few
Sports governing bodies are continuing to ignore established facts and guidance about sex differences in sports. Even some sports...
30th January 2025
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Digital identities: We have to get this right
On 21st January, Lord Patrick Vallance KCB, the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, told the House...
22nd January 2025
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Support rises for clarity on sex in law
A new poll conducted by YouGov for Sex Matters shows that a clear majority of the UK population supports...
14th January 2025
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Civil service must return to impartiality and protection for all
Civil servants are expected to act with impartiality, integrity, honesty and objectivity, under the direction of Ministers and in...
11th January 2025
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Edinburgh employment tribunal says no to trans anonymity order
An employment tribunal in Edinburgh has rejected a plea by Fife Health Board and a trans-identifying doctor for an...
8th January 2025
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Meta pledges to stop censoring gender-critical speech
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, is taking steps to protect free...
8th January 2025
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YouGov poll shows support for sex meaning biological sex in the Equality Act
Growing support for single-sex provision
7th January 2025
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The Code of Practice must be clear
Sex Matters has submitted a response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on its consultation on the Code...
2nd January 2025
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Sex Matters is challenging BTP’s abusive strip-search policy
On 30th September British Transport Police (BTP) adopted a new searching policy that allows male officers who have gender-recognition...
26th December 2024
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EHRC consults on statutory code of practice
Sex Matters is encouraging people to respond to the EHRC’s consultation on its revised Statutory Code of Practice for...
20th December 2024
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Sex Matters’ advisory group is growing
Sex Matters’ work depends on many friends, some in the background and some with a public face. We launched...
20th December 2024
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Sex Matters in 2024
It’s been our busiest and most productive year yet. Here’s what we have been doing in the last 12...
15th December 2024
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The government’s Data Bill: sleepwalking into self-ID?
The first day of the committee stage of Parliamentary scrutiny in the House of Lords on the government’s Data...
5th December 2024
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For Women Scotland in the Supreme Court
What was the case about? For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers was heard by the Supreme Court...
3rd December 2024
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There’s still a fatal flaw in the government’s digital trust framework
The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes last week published the latest version of the UK digital identity and...
2nd December 2024
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The legal status of women-only sport
British law is on our side. The Gender Recognition Act says that a person who gets a gender-recognition certificate...
26th November 2024
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Sex matters at the Supreme Court!
An important legal case will be heard in the UK Supreme Court this week (on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday...
25th November 2024
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Sex Matters threatens British Transport Police with legal action
At the end of last week Sex Matters sent a pre-action letter to the British Transport Police (BTP) challenging...
24th November 2024
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A new scandal on the horizon?
Yesterday the Data (Use and Access) Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords. Lord Arbuthnot of...
20th November 2024
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The Data Bill will fail if the government can’t be clear about sex
The Data Use and Access Bill is being debated in the House of Lords on Tuesday 19th November. The...
18th November 2024
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Answering questions about data protection
As part of our ongoing work on defending the female category in sport, we recently asked people to get...
4th November 2024
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NHS England training calls staff “transphobic” if they won’t share toilets with the opposite sex
Sex Matters has written to Amanda Pritchard, the chief executive of NHS England, to raise concerns about NHSE’s “mandatory...
28th October 2024
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Digital identity verification can end the gender wars
The government has unveiled its new Data Bill, which it says will unlock the power of data to grow...
25th October 2024
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Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis has ended its relationship with Rape Crisis Scotland
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis announced today that it is leaving the Rape Crisis Scotland network. This is the...
25th October 2024
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Sex Matters at the Battle of Ideas
The three Sex Matters directors, Fiona McAnena, Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce, all spoke at the Battle of Ideas...
25th October 2024
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Sex Matters’ intervention to the Supreme Court
Yesterday we lodged our intervention in the For Women Scotland appeal which is being heard in the UK Supreme...
23rd October 2024
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WPATH evidence on trial
In the past three years, the US federal government has been strongly in favour of so-called “gender-affirmative” treatment, while...
21st October 2024
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UN special rapporteur calls for sex screening in women’s sport
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls, Reem Alsalem, has published her report on violence against...
17th October 2024
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Sex Matters responds to EHRC strategy
Sex Matters has responded to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s 2025–2028 strategic plan. In 2021 we called on...
4th October 2024
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Why is Sex Matters intervening in the case of Kristie Higgs?
Sex Matters, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Church of England Archbishops’ Council, the Free Speech Union and...
1st October 2024
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The standards crisis in Rape Crisis
The board of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) has decided that “the time is right for a change of...
22nd September 2024
