Sex matters in life and in law.
It shouldn’t take courage to say so.
Keep up with our campaigns and find out how to get involved
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
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
The law can't change the material reality of sex. Pretending it can causes real harms, and liabilities.
Naomi Cunningham, Sex Matters Chair
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:
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Establish clarity on single sex services
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Enable people to speak up
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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
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Reality
There are two sexes: female and male. People shouldn’t be afraid to say this.
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Clarity
Organisations and governments should be clear about the sexes and where sex matters.
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Human rights
Everybody’s human rights matter, including private life, freedom of beliefs and speech.
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Democracy
A cohesive society depends on open debate and evidence-based policy making.
Updates
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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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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
