Updates
The very latest news and updates from Sex Matters.
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Housing men in women’s prisons is cruel and unlawful
In 2021, in the case of FDJ v Secretary of State for Justice, a female prisoner challenged the Ministry...
5th June 2026
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Sex matters in sport
Sport and physical recreation are one of the most obvious places where women and girls need dedicated provision and...
5th June 2026
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Enabling and protecting sport for women and girls
On 4th June 2026, Sex Matters launched its latest report on sport: Getting back on track: Using the Equality...
5th June 2026
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Fighting bigotry in service provision
Most of the high-profile gender-critical belief-discrimination cases to date have related to workplaces. But gender-critical belief discrimination is unlawful...
29th May 2026
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Sex is not “special category” data
The new Code of practice for services, public functions and associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC),...
22nd May 2026
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What is in the new guidance?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated Code of practice for services, public functions and associations has finally been...
21st May 2026
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What would good guidance look like?
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has promised to present the new Code of practice for services,...
19th May 2026
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Will the government solve the sex-data problem in this Parliament?
As part of the King’s Speech on 13th May the government said that it will introduce a Digital Access...
18th May 2026
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Hampstead ponds update
We have received an order in our case against the City of London on the Hampstead ponds. The case...
15th May 2026
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EHRC code of practice expected in May
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has said that the government intends to lay the updated draft...
15th May 2026
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Sex and the City
Finance is a highly regulated sector where legal compliance is taken very seriously. A widespread impression that sexism and...
8th May 2026
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Sex Matters has published its first annual report
Sex Matters has published its first annual report as a charity. It covers the period 1st July 2024 to...
29th April 2026
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What do Sex Matters supporters think of digital identity?
We sent out a survey to Sex Matters supporters to ask for their views on digital identity. 889 people...
29th April 2026
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Hampstead ponds – the City of London says it is sticking with “trans inclusion”
The City of London Corporation’s executive team has published its report on the future of the Hampstead Heath bathing...
28th April 2026
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Digital ID should include sex
The government has committed to creating a new national digital ID (BritCard) by the end of this Parliament, which...
23rd April 2026
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Update: the City of London seeks to delay again
Today is the deadline for the City of London Corporation to file its substantive defence on the lawfulness of...
20th April 2026
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Sex matters in local elections
On Thursday 7th May 2026, voters across Scotland, Wales and England will head to the polls in a major...
14th April 2026
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The law is clear – here’s what it says
The government has said that it intends to lay the updated Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) code of...
14th April 2026
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Updated EHRC code to be published in May
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has made a statement to Parliament saying that she intends to...
14th April 2026
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Dear Prime Minister: women are still waiting
It is coming up to the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court judgment which should have led to the...
13th April 2026
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The law is clear: why are women waiting?
On 16th April 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered its landmark judgment: the terms “man” and “woman” in the...
10th April 2026
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MPs debate the puberty-blocker trial
More than 146,000 people signed a parliamentary petition set up by James Esses calling on the government to cancel...
26th March 2026
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Protests planned for one year later
It is nearly a year since the Supreme Court confirmed that the terms “man” and “woman” take their ordinary,...
26th March 2026
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M&S warned mixed-sex changing rooms could be unlawful
Sex Matters has written to the senior leadership of Marks & Spencer (M&S) to warn the company that its...
20th March 2026
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Hampstead ponds: judicial review going ahead
We didn't give up on the Ponds case – and now it's back on!
17th March 2026
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Blocking puberty is a human-rights abuse – call off this drug trial now
Since the surprise announcement last November that a trial of puberty blockers had been approved by regulators, there has...
12th March 2026
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New poll shows most people prefer single-sex toilets and changing rooms
A new UK-wide poll shows that the vast majority of adults prefer single-sex provision of toilets and changing rooms...
9th March 2026
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The puberty-blocker trial: paused but not yet stopped
The King’s College London “Pathways” clinical trial of puberty blockers has been paused because of safety and ethical concerns...
26th February 2026
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Sex Matters seeks to appeal in Hampstead ponds case
Sex Matters has lodged our application for permission to appeal in the Hampstead ponds case against the City of...
20th February 2026
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Send the puberty-blocker trial back to the research ethics committee, Wes!
Last year, together with other groups, Sex Matters wrote to the secretary of state for health urging him to...
19th February 2026
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Why are employers waiting for the wrong guidance?
Soon after the enactment of the Equality Act, the Equality and Human Rights Commission produced three statutory codes of...
18th February 2026
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High Court rules: EHRC guidance lawful
The law protects privacy, decency and propriety.
13th February 2026