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SPS still does not recognise women despite Supreme Court ruling
“It’s not ‘inclusive’ to use language that erases the term ‘mother’ … Referring to mothers who have experienced stillbirth as simply ‘employees’ is...
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BBC boss under pressure to ‘weed out trans activists’
“If the BBC is to win back credibility and public trust, Matt Brittin needs to weed out the trans activists and reassure staff...
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Campaigners divided as trans rights activists brand single-sex space rules ‘a mess’
“Service providers have been put on notice that if they respond by getting rid of single sex facilities and going fully ‘gender neutral’,...
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Single-sex spaces guidance due to be published
“This updated code of practice is long overdue. Confusion flourished during the delay in laying it before Parliament. The publication of its replacement...
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Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets
“There never was any reason for employers and service providers to wait for this guidance before implementing the law... But once the EHRC’s...
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Bridget Phillipson to ban trans women from female toilets in single-sex guidance
“All the organisations – including the NHS, local councils and government departments – which fell for the lie that equality law required them...
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Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms
“The new guidance is long and detailed, but at its heart is a simple principle: ‘sex’ means what it says – male and...
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“This updated code of practice is long overdue. Confusion flourished during the delay in laying it before Parliament. The publication of its replacement will mark an important turning point and a return to upholding women’s sex-based rights.”
“If a man walks into a women’s space, it will be not just appropriate to challenge him, but essential”
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Measures to protect single-sex spaces must be enacted without delay
Challenging men who use women’s spaces is essential, “otherwise women’s rights to single-sex spaces cannot be enforced”
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Trans women barred from female toilets as campaigners warn ‘no more excuses’
“Finally, there are no more excuses for the many public and private sector organisations that said they were ‘waiting for guidance’ before fixing...
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Don’t challenge trans women about their gender, says Phillipson’s new guidance
“The guidance could be clearer that service providers are entitled to ask people to state their sex, and to require an honest answer.”
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Andy Burnham backs men who identify as female using women’s toilets
“Any politician who aspires to be prime minister needs to have a better grasp of what voters want than to think that fringe...
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She has been branded a bigot, recorded as having committed a hate crime and many have tried to shut her up – but Helen Joyce says fighting the trans battle is a cause she will never give up on
Helen was interviewed for a feature by Irish Daily Mail journalist Georgina Heffernan, which covered Helen’s personal background and journey to becoming an...
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Andy Burnham urged to reveal whether he still backs trans self-ID
“Any politician who continues to support the position that ‘trans women are women’ now can’t use the excuse that they don’t see the...
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EU intervening Hungary-style on trans matters ‘now less likely’ after Windsor Framework judgment
“The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland needs to do its job and declare that the only lawful way to provide single-sex spaces, services...
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NHS faces thousands of discrimination claims from female staff after tribunal finds it wrongly allowed transgender women to use single-sex toilets
“It’s shameful that it has taken the bravery of individual women such as the claimant in this case to pressure the NHS to...
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Hampstead Heath ponds to stay trans-inclusive
Ben Lynch broke the news that City of London councillors have voted not to change the policy of allowing trans-identifying men to access...
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Sex Matters records £1.43m income in first year as charity
“Much of our work this year has been about pressing institutions, employers, regulators, schools, sports bodies and public authorities to follow the law.”
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Hampstead Heath spends £1m on ‘privacy’ upgrades after letting trans swimmers in women’s pond
“Despite the fact that the Equality Act and the Supreme Court expressly recognise that single-sex services are legitimate and lawful, the City of...
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City firms still allow trans staff to use women’s toilets
Eleanor Harmsworth for The Telegraph covered Sex Matters’ report on sex-based rights in the financial sector as an exclusive, revealing that none of...
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The OfS should appeal against the flawed Sussex free-speech ruling
Maya Forstater wrote for Times Higher Education on the High Court judgment in the University of Sussex’s case against the Office for Students....
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Major banks STILL allowing transgender people to use women’s toilets despite court ruling
Oliver Partridge for GB News wrote on Sex Matters’ ‘Sex-based rights in the city’ report: “Banks including the Co-operative and NatWest, as well...
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Labour to introduce long-delayed ‘trans-inclusive’ ban on conversion therapy – despite concerns it could criminalise parents and doctors
“The sector’s seemingly universal decision to ignore this ruling alone reveals something depressing - despite warm words about supporting female employees … firms...
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GCSE pupils taught it is their civic duty not to offend anyone
“...suggesting that single sex toilets for women and men are a form of discrimination and inequality. Separate sex facilities are the exact opposite:...
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A criminal abuse of the law
Helen Joyce wrote for The Critic on her experience of both making crime reports and being the subject of them. She contrasts the...
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City of London Corporation officers’ report recommends keeping trans-inclusive policy for swimming ponds
The judgment meanwhile led gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters to seek a judicial review challenge against...
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Pond Row Deepens as Chiefs Back Trans Access
“Users will be told ‘They should not challenge other users regarding their sex or gender’ even if this means women and girls being...
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London beauty spot set to keep ‘trans-inclusive’ swimming ponds – despite High Court ruling
“The City of London is proposing to continue allowing fully intact males into the women's bathing pond, including changing rooms and showers which...
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Hampstead Heath bathing ponds should remain ‘trans-inclusive’, bosses say
“Dismissing the negative impact on women and girls, the Corporation says that staff should not be concerned about the ‘perceived characteristics of users’...
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Keep Hampstead ponds access as is, body recommends
“This proposed policy is simply unlawful. It is operating as if Hampstead Heath is an enclave that is outside of the law.”