Take action archive
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General election – tell your candidates to 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. Our campaign pages have an action guide and resources to share.
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Submit evidence of bad guidance
The government’s Equality Hub wants evidence of guidance that wrongly suggests people have a legal right to access single-sex spaces and services according to their self-identified gender.
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URGENT: Ask your MP to support the bill!
It only takes two minutes.
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Comment on the schools guidance – even if you only have five minutes
The deadline for feedback was Tuesday 12th March. Thank you to everyone who submitted a response.
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Ask your MP to read our report and call for action now
Ask them to write to the Minister for Women and Equalities asking for urgent action to make the Equality Act clear.
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Treat yourself and support Sex Matters
Calling all loyal supporters of Sex Matters – it's time for a festive treat!
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Urgent: write to your MP to ban “modern conversion therapy”
The deadline for this campaign was the King’s speech on 7th November.
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Update your child’s school on the latest guidance
The Equality and Human Rights Commission updated its technical guidance on the Equality Act for schools in England and Scotland in October 2023.
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Stop the hate campaign against women
Will you sign our letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asking him to condemn the violence and intimidation against gender-critical women?
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Respond to the toilets consultation
Sex Matters’ guidance on how to respond to the government’s toilets consultation.
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Kickstart our next campaign
As we push the government to add one line to the legislation needed to make the Equality Act clear…
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Right now: write to your MP about the debate
The debate on our petition to make the Equality Act clear will be held in Westminster Hall on Monday 12th June. This is an important opportunity for MPs to discuss the issues and arguments on all sides. Afterwards a government minister will respond.
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Talk to medical schools about ‘Time to Think’
Do you have a personal contact with one of these medical schools? Can you help us make sure that this important book gets read?
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Send our guidance to a Welsh school
Sex Matters and Transgender Trend have revised their guidance on the Equality Act to cover schools in Wales.
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Write to your MP about the petition
Kishwer Falkner has written to Kemi Badenoch about the petition. Now you write to your MP about it.
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Send ‘Time to Think’ to the people who need to read it
Will you sponsor a copy?
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Email your MP: Say no to gender self-ID by the back door
The UK Government has to decide what to do about Scotland’s Gender Recognition Bill by 19th January. Email your MP today.
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Sign the petition to make the Equality Act clear
Will you join the XX,XXX people who have already signed the petition? Your name will not be made public
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Tell us about: Kenwood Ladies’ Pond
The Corporation of London, which manages the Hampstead Heath Ponds, has a “trans inclusion” policy that allows male swimmers who identify as women (including fully intact males) into the Ladies’ Pond, the communal changing-room and showers, and the sunbathing meadow, based only on their stated gender identity. Sex Matters...
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Shine a light on Stonewall (again!)
It's time to ask again for information from public-sector organisations that participate in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index scheme. We’ve made it easy – will you help?
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Single-sex services matter to me
Can you help us launch our report by sending us a picture of yourself?
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Gender-critical: your rights at work
The Equality Act 2010 protects people from being discriminated against at work because they have gender-critical beliefs. Employers need to understand that they have a responsibility to protect their gender-critical employees from discrimination and harassment. Raise awareness of your rights at work 1. Download our leaflet to print out...
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Send “Trans” to a friend!
Helen Joyce’s book, Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, is now out in paperback.
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Let your MP know the facts
MPs are coming under intense pressure to support the campaign to “ban conversion therapy”. It is important that they hear the facts: There is no evidence that abusive conversion practice is happening in the UK that is not already illegal. Gender distress and sexual orientation are not the same...
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Send our guidance to a school you know
Sex Matters and Transgender Trend have published new guidance on the Equality Act for schools in England.
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Write to Monsoon
Sex Matters has written to the CEO of Monsoon about its policy of allowing men to use its fitting rooms. The Equality Act allows the provision of single-sex services, and we think Monsoon should rethink its policy. If you have been a Monsoon customer in the past five years,...
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Respect my sex if you want my X
Sex Matters is supporting the campaign by Women Uniting and the Women’s Rights Network to encourage voters in the upcoming local elections on 5th May 2022 to challenge politicians to support women’s sex-based rights. The campaign will launch with more details at the Women Uniting website. Here are...
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Defend the Equality Act
Unaccountable lobbyists are trying to undermine the Equality Act behind the scenes. This isn’t how a democracy is supposed to work. Sign up NOW to support the independent equality watchdog in standing up to the lobbyists. It is time to #DefendTheEqualityAct. A leaked letter from Liz Truss, Minister of...
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Single-sex services survey
The survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is due to release guidance on single sex services imminently. We are collecting experiences: Tell us about why single sex services are important to you so that we can tell policy...
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#TalktoyourMP about conversion therapy
The government is consulting on its proposal to “ban conversion therapy”. The consultation ended on 4th February. But it’s still worth setting up a meeting to talk to your MP. Tell them you are concerned that the proposed law will: threaten parents, teachers, therapists and youth workers with prosecution if...
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Respond to the conversion therapy consultation
Tell the government to press pause on its rush to criminalise "gender identity conversion therapy" for children. Wait for the Cass Review.
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Send an email to your MP – Press pause on conversion therapy law
The Government is trying to rush through a ban on “conversion therapy". But the proposed legislation risks criminalising parents, teachers, therapists, social workers and others, if they don’t affirm a child's gender self identity. It only takes a minute to send this message to your MP: tell the government...
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Sponsor a copy of ‘Trans’ book
Let's get a copy of Helen Joyce's book into the hands of the UK’s decision makers.
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Sign our letter – Call for a public inquiry
We are writing to the Committee on Standards in Public Life calling for a public inquiry into "Stonewall Law".