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Data matters
Advice on the questions you should ask when collecting personal data on sex and transgender identity. See also our
19th October 2023
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Data protection complaint template letter
A template letter of complaint to send when you are concerned that an organisation is misusing your data by...
19th October 2023
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Sex matters in data collection webinar
On 24th October 2023, Sex Matters’ director of advocacy, Helen Joyce, talked with sociologists Michael Biggs and Lucinda Platt...
17th October 2023
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‘Nonsense’ of gender data collected by public bodies set for review
Ben Riley-Smith, political editor for The Telegraph
The Tories are hardening their position on the importance of biological sex... -
Census ‘hugely overstated’ trans population
Edward Malnick, Sunday Political Editor for The Telegraph
Office for National Statistics may have lost its 'credibility' to accurately record... -
Clarity matters: how placating lobbyists obscures public understanding of sex and gender
MBM commissioned polling to see what people understand by the terms “transgender woman” and “trans man” tell them about...
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Parkrun ‘self-ID’ lets biological male runners ‘smash women’s records’, Olympian claims
Catherine Lough for The Telegraph
An article prompted by what Mara Yamauchi, a member of Sex Matters' advisory group, has... -
Response to Victor Madrigal-Borloz’s report on the UK
The UN Independent Expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz has issued an extraordinary report at the end of his ten-day mission to...
12th May 2023
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Thank you, Kishwer Falkner
We have written to Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission: Dear Kishwer Falkner Thank...
11th April 2023
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EHRC publishes letter on clarifying sex in the Equality Act
Sex Matters’ press statement Sex Matters welcomes the letter from Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights...
4th April 2023
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EDI contra science – the misuse of “ethics” in academic research
John Armstrong writes for The Crtitic about how he was asked to survey elite athletes on their views on...
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Fair Play For Women
Campaigning and consultancy group which raises awareness, provides evidence and analysis, and supports policy-makers to protect the rights of...
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What did we learn from the census?
Key points The questions In 2021 the census for England and Wales included a voluntary question on gender identity...
31st January 2023
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Why does the census say there are more trans people in Newham than Brighton?
Sex Matters board member Michael Biggs writes in The Spectator about the confusion caused by unclear language about sex...
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Gender Identity in the 2021 Census of England and Wales: What Went Wrong?
By Michael Biggs.
The 2021 Census of England and Wales was the first in the world to elicit information... -
Sex Matters in the Media webinar
On Thursday 26th January at 7.30pm, our director of advocacy, Helen Joyce, talked to communications consultant Conrad Roeber about...
18th January 2023
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Freedom of belief matters
Sex Matters’ response to a call for input by the United Nations’ Independent Expert on protection against violence and...
16th January 2023
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Stonewall ‘eroding’ gender pay gap monitoring among civil servants
Ewan Somerville for The TelegraphMaya Forstater is quoted. Six government departments among employers urged to check inequalities by self-identified...
14th January 2023
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Risks in the final rush to legislate self-ID in Scotland
The Scottish government’s plans to allow anyone from age 16 upwards who is ordinarily resident in Scotland to obtain...
20th December 2022
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Clarify the Equality Act: sign the petition
The Equality Act 2010 protects everyone’s rights and covers everything from schools to hospitals, pubs to sports, and everybody’s...
16th December 2022
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Why we have written to UCAS about data
The latest attempt to destroy data on sex by replacing it with data on self-declared “gender identity” is in...
7th December 2022
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BBC trans row on Brain of Britain after Radio 4 host hails ‘historic all-woman’ final despite transgender contestant…
Harry Howard for Mail Online
Maya Forstater is quoted in this article.22nd November 2022
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Campaign update: Day 1
Yesterday we launched the Make the Equality Act Clear petition, calling on the government to clarify, with a legislative...
3rd November 2022
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DBS checks and identity verification: safeguarding loopholes created by changes of identity
An analysis by Keep Prisons Single Sex of the exceptional privacy rights given to those who change their gender...
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Groups defending sex-based rights
Overview of groups opposing sex self-ID in the UK, set up by individuals and collectives concerned by the failure...
1st July 2022
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Sex Matters’ advice to companies on the FCA’s new reporting requirements
Last week, we reported that the Financial Conduct Authority had issued new rules about its requirements for listed companies to report...
29th April 2022
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Diversity and inclusion on boards: advice to companies on new FCA reporting requirements
The Financial Conduct Authority has left it up to companies to determine how they define “men” and “women” in...
29th April 2022
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Financial Conduct Authority says corporate boards can use sex not gender
The Financial Conduct Authority has issued new rules requiring listed companies to report on the proportion of women on...
20th April 2022
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How police forces in England and Wales record suspects’ sex in crime and incident reporting
Keep Prisons Single Sex reports that from its research it is clear that many police forces record suspects’ gender...
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Sex in the Census: Reality v Paperwork
The Outer House of the Court of Session in Scotland handed down judgment last week in Fair Play For...
22nd February 2022
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A radically simpler system than gender self-ID
Critics of the Gender Recognition Act who call for gender self-identification say the current system is too much of...
21st February 2022
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Sex and digital identities
How digital identities can solve the problem with sex and gender identity – and how getting it wrong will...
14th February 2022