Sex matters in life and in law.
It shouldn’t take courage to say so.

Maya Forstater, Sex Matters Co-Founder

People deserve respect, but ideas do not. We need to be able to speak the truth about sex to protect everybody's rights, and hold institutions to account.

Maya Forstater, Sex Matters Co-Founder

Rebecca Bull, Sex Matters Co-Founder

For rights to be respected in a democratic society it must be possible to debate them, exercise them and advocate for their implementation.

Rebecca Bull, Sex Matters Co-Founder

Naomi Cunningham, Sex Matters Co-Founder

The law can't change the material reality of sex. Pretending it can causes real harms, and liabilities.

Naomi Cunningham, Sex Matters Chair

Emma Hilton, Sex Matters Co-Founder

The words male and female have a very clear biological meaning, not up for postmodern deconstruction. They do not refer to social categories, but to human anatomy.

Emma Hilton, Sex Matters Co-Founder

Clarity about sex is crucial for safeguarding everybody’s human rights.

We are campaigning to establish that sex matters in rules, laws, policies, language and culture. We aim to:

  • 1

    Establish clarity on single sex services

  • 2

    Enable people to speak up

  • 3

    Make debate possible

What we do

  • We lobby for clarity on sex in law and institutions.
  • We publish research and analysis about human rights.
  • We educate people about the law and about their rights.
  • We support and mobilise people to speak up.
  • We hold organisations accountable.

Our principles

  • Reality

    There are two sexes: female and male. People shouldn’t be afraid to say this.

  • Clarity

    Organisations and governments should be clear about the sexes and where sex matters.

  • Human rights

    Everybody’s human rights matter, including private life, freedom of beliefs and speech.

  • Democracy

    A cohesive society depends on open debate and evidence-based policy making.

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