Sex Matters

General election 2024:

Stand up for single-sex services

In this general election, let’s make sure that every candidate knows we want them to stand up for sex-based rights.

57% of UK support making the Equality Act clear. Only 20% support making it easier to change sex on birth certificates.

New poll finds voters want to make the Equality Act clear

As reported in the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Express and Sun today, voters across the political spectrum are more supportive of making the Equality Act clear than making it easier for people to change their birth certificates. Sex Matters commissioned a representative survey from an...

Stonewall redefines trans to exclude crossdressers

Stonewall has expelled crossdressers from the trans umbrella Stonewall’s long-standing definition of “trans” changed on 27th June 2024 to drop “crossdresser” from the list. Before then, it said: “Trans people may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including...

Updating the NHS Constitution

The NHS Constitution is a crucial document that sets out commitments to patients and staff. All NHS bodies, and private and third-sector providers supplying services in England, are required by law to take account of the constitution in their decisions and actions. As part...

What are the facts about applying for a GRC?

The Labour party says in its manifesto that it will: “modernise, simplify, and reform the intrusive and outdated gender recognition law to a new process. We will remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance; whilst retaining the need for a diagnosis...

Why is support for “trans rights” plummeting?

Why do people think “transgender rights” have gone too far?

It’s not just about self-ID Support for the law that allows people to change the sex recorded on their birth certificate has fallen a long way over the past few years, most sharply when self-ID was being proposed, in 2018–19 in the UK and...

The more people understand the real-world impact of pretending people can change sex, the less they like it

Another fall in public support for changing sex on birth certificates

The latest results from the annual British Social Attitudes survey show a further fall in support for the law that allows people to change the sex recorded on their birth certificate. It seems that the more this is talked about, the less people like...

Calls to ban conversion therapy put children at risk

Proposals to ban conversion therapy or conversion practices are likely to feature among the pledges of political parties as part of their general-election campaigns. On the face of it, banning conversion therapy sounds like an uncontroversial and positive step. But voters and the politicians...

We call on all parties to commit to standing up for single-sex services. The next government must move quickly to fix the law so that it works for women and girls.

It’s time to make the Equality Act clear

For the past 18 months Sex Matters has been calling for the government to make a simple one-line amendment to clarify that “sex” in the Equality Act really does mean biology, and not self-identification or paperwork. The Conservatives’ announcement today that they would do...

New poll finds voters want to make the Equality Act clear

As reported in the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Express and Sun today, voters across the political spectrum are more supportive...

1st July 2024
Stonewall redefines trans to exclude crossdressers

Stonewall has expelled crossdressers from the trans umbrella Stonewall’s long-standing definition of “trans” changed on 27th June 2024 to...

28th June 2024
Updating the NHS Constitution

The NHS Constitution is a crucial document that sets out commitments to patients and staff. All NHS bodies, and...

26th June 2024
What are the facts about applying for a GRC?

The Labour party says in its manifesto that it will: “modernise, simplify, and reform the intrusive and outdated gender...

24th June 2024

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General election 2024: Stand up for single-sex services

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General election 2024:

Stand up for single-sex services