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Lib Dem activists say menstruation ‘not just a women’s issue’ as party to debate motion
Katie Harris, political reporter for the Express
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is quoted. “Of course menstruation is solely a women's issue – only women have uteruses, and so only women can menstruate.” -
Resources for parents
Starting points for parents looking for support, advice and information (mainly focused on the UK) on how to help gender-questioning, gender-distressed and trans-identifying children.
12th July 2023
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Maya Forstater hits out at ‘ideologically captured’ CPS for guidelines stating parents could be charged with domestic abuse for refusing to pay for their child’s transgender treatment or not using their preferred pronoun
Harry Howard for Mail Online
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Reality vs. Trans Ideology | Helen Joyce & Peter Boghossian
Peter and Helen discuss the definition of sex, why trans men should be allowed in women’s spaces, the tragedy of the commons, fa’afafine, evolution, the “thought-terminating cliché,” the tribal fear of rejection, the cultivation of mental illness, why institutions are losing their North Stars, and much more.
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Saying no to school transition
Miriam Cates for The Critic
Social transition in schools is wrong, risky and unfair to children — and the government should ban it. Cates writes about the Department for Education’s draft “trans” guidance leaked to The Sun. -
Westminster Hall debate on our petition to make the Equality Act clear
Monday 12th June 2023 For the full official transcription of the debate, see Hansard. In the Chair, Judith Cummins began by reminding everyone that the petitions being debated indirectly related to two ongoing legal cases in the Scottish courts, but that reference to those would be allowed. Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower)...
13th June 2023
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Statement on the reference to suicide made during the Westminster Hall debate
Yesterday during the debate on the definition of sex in the Equality Act, Kirsty Blackman MP referred to a trans constituent she said had contacted her: “When they heard about biological sex being included in the Equality Act and this change being made, they said, ‘What hope is left?...
13th June 2023
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How did NHS body get the law so badly wrong over its rules on same-sex care?
Sonia Sodha for The Guardian
Sex Matters’ chair Naomi Cunningham as quoted as a barrister specialising in discrimination law. -
NHS trans guidelines ‘put patients at risk of sexual assault by staff’
Sarah O'Grady for the Express with a comment by Maya Forstater, founder of Sex Matters.
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NHS Confederation says women have no right to know a healthcare worker’s sex: Helen Joyce interviewed
Helen Joyce interviewed by Ian Collins for TalkTV.
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NHS will not offer puberty blockers to children suffering from gender dysphoria
By Max Stephens and Alex Barton for The Telegraph.
Helen Joyce is quoted as director of the gender-critical group Sex Matters" -
Patients don’t have the right to know if their medics are transgender and may be guilty of discrimination if they ask to see another doctor – and those with dementia ‘should be challenged’ over discriminatory views, NHS warns
By Martin Beckford for Mail Online
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is quoted. -
Interim specialist service for children and young people with gender incongruence
Interim service specification from NHS England.
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Mixed-sex hospital wards are not just undignified — they’re dangerous: Mind Doctor MAX PEMBERTON asks why after 12 years there are still thousands of breaches of NHS rules every month
Dr Max Permberton for the Daily Mail
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Campaigners reveal in new poll majority of Britons want trans ban in female spaces
Sarah O’Grady, Social Affairs Editor for the Daily Express
Feature on Sex Matters’ poll results, released on 5th June 2023. -
Less than third of Britons want transwomen allowed in female-only spaces
James Beal, Social Affairs Editor for The Times
Feature on Sex Matters’ poll results, released on 5th June 2023. -
Fewer than a third of Brits think trans women should be allowed to use female changing rooms and three-quarters want them excluded from women’s sport
Ryan Hooper for the Daily Mail
Feature on Sex Matters’ poll results, released on 5th June 2023. -
Less than a third of Brits say transwomen should be allowed in female-only spaces and sports
Sex Matters has today released the findings from a representative national poll. It finds that less than one in three Britons believe that transwomen – men who identify as women – should be allowed in women’s sports, changing rooms and toilets, or to provide ‘female-only’ intimate care. The lack...
5th June 2023
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Sex Matters poll results as graphics (for printing)
A six-page graphical summary of the figures from our poll: a nationally representative sample of over-18s, polled online on 15th May 2023 by PeoplePolling. Optimised for printing.
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Sex Matters poll results as graphics (for screen)
A six-page graphical summary of the figures from our poll: a nationally representative sample of over-18s, polled online on 15th May 2023 by PeoplePolling.
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Why social transition in schools is not possible and government guidance should say so clearly
It is not possible to treat any child as if they are a member of the opposite sex in a school environment. A clear analysis of the steps involved in social transition reveals that to do so inevitably exposes the child to unacceptable safeguarding risks and infringes other pupils’...
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Schools need clear guidance
The Department for Education has promised to publish new draft guidance on sex and gender for schools and colleges in England before the end of this school year. Schools need simple rules to give children, parents and teachers clear expectations. We are calling on the DfE to spell out that...
21st May 2023
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Teenagers and gender distress: what parents need to know – webinar
Helen Joyce talked with researcher Matilda Gosling and psychotherapist Stella O’Malley on Tuesday 16th May 2023 about how parents can discuss gender-identity ideology with their children in a compassionate and evidence-based way. Watch the recording For other Sex Matters webinars, see our YouTube channel. About the speakers Stella O’Malley...
9th May 2023
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Answers to questions on sex, gender, biology and identity
Sex Matters has written a set of frequently asked questions which seeks to provide answers in everyday language about the material reality of sex, and the idea of gender identity. The aim is to provide clear starting points for debate and discussion, for anyone trying to understand the competing...
28th April 2023
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Gender medicine is harming young people
They need support, not drugs and surgery.
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Trans Clinic Whistleblower Speaks Out
Jamie Reed is a life-long progressive and healthcare professional. For many years she has provided counselling to vulnerable populations including children in foster care, sexual minorities and young people with HIV. For four years she worked at the Washington University Transgender Center at St Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri, US....
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Teenagers and gender identity: the evidence base (parts 1, 2 and 3)
Part 1: Why might teenagers question their gender?
Part 2: Treatment and outcomes
Part 3: How parents can support their children17th April 2023
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Practical ideas for parents of gender-questioning teenagers
Sex Matters is publishing the final part in a series on gender identity in teenagers today. Aimed at parents, the series sets out reasons teenagers might start to question their gender, treatment and outcomes, and practical ideas for parents and carers of gender-questioning teenagers. Writing in The Critic today,...
17th April 2023
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When we are at our most vulnerable – the sickening extent of rapes and sexual assaults in hospitals
More than 6500 rapes and sexual assaults - some against children under 13 - have been committed in hospitals in England and Wales over nearly four years.
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Teenagers and gender identity: the evidence base – part 3
by Matilda Gosling Part 3: How parents can support their children This paper is the final part of a series summarising the evidence base on teenagers and gender identity for parents. This part of the paper looks at practical ways in which parents of gender-questioning teenagers may be able to...
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DfE guidance must be clear: schools cannot facilitate “social transition”
Reports about the Department for Education’s forthcoming guidance on trans issues for schools are encouraging, going quite some way towards our recommendations. The Times reports that schools will be told not to allow children to use opposite-sex facilities or play contact sports for the opposite sex, and to tell...
16th April 2023
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Asleep at the Wheel: An Examination of Gender and Safeguarding in Schools
Lottie Moore
Schools are increasingly becoming influenced by gender ideology, to the extent that fundamental safeguarding principles are being compromised by school’s approaches to children with gender distress and their peers.