Press cuttings archive
For press cuttings after 17th August 2023, see the weekly update of Sex Matters in the media on our Press page.
-
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.” -
Gender-critical website blocked on train wi-fi network
Kieran Gair for The Times
The Sex Matters site has been flagged up for ‘being linked to terrorism and hate’. Helen Joyce of Sex Matters is quoted. -
Elon Musk promises to foot legal bills of people fired for X posts
James Beal, Social Affairs Editor for The Times
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is quoted. -
“Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality” – My conversation with Helen Joyce
Richard Dawkins talks with Helen Joyce about "the gender delusion".
51:02 on YouTube -
Trans Activist Emotional Blackmail, Silencing Women, and Redefining Language, with Helen Joyce
US journalist Megyn Kelly interviews Sex Matters’ Helen Joyce for The Megyn Kelly Show.
1:39:35 on YouTube -
GP who gave puberty blockers to children nominated for award
James Beal for The Times
Helen Joyce of Sex Matters is quoted. -
Doctor who gave puberty blockers to children nominated for ITV-backed diversity award
Patrick Sawer for The Telegraph
Helen Joyce of Sex Matters is quoted. -
Paused investigation into Baroness Falkner risks equalities watchdog ‘running adrift’
Edward Malnick for The Telegraph
EHRC head accused of discrimination in her efforts to rebalance quango’s approach to trans issues, with a greater emphasis on women’s rights.
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is quoted. -
Why DfE dithering is to blame for the trans cat-fight
Helen Joyce for SchoolsWeek
Cat-identifying children are a distraction from the fact that schools have been left to teach fiction as fact in the absence of clear guidance. -
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
Maya Forstater is quoted at length. -
‘A man having a baby suck his nipple is not breastfeeding’: Gender-critical campaigners slam trans woman activist for using a child as an ‘identity prop’ after she posted image of her breastfeeding on a bus
Rory Tingle and John Ely for Mail Online
Sex Matters’ Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce are both quoted. -
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.
1:10:31 on... -
“Vague complaints about transphobia when they won’t tell you what that is.”
Richard Tice interviews Maya Forstater for Talk TV
A woman who lost her job for saying biological sex cannot be changed has been awarded £106,000 after an employment tribunal found she experienced discrimination and victimisation at work.
9:53 on YouTube -
Maya Forstater: gender-critical campaigner wins £100,000
James Beal, Social Affairs Editor for The Times
The gender-critical campaigner Maya Forstater has said that her £100,000 compensation award is a warning to organisations about their attitude to sex-based rights. -
Woman who lost job after tweeting view on biological sex awarded £100,000
Miranda Bryant for The Guardian
Award follows tribunal ruling that Maya Forstater was unfairly discriminated against because of her gender-critical beliefs -
Maya Forstater: Woman who lost her job over transgender views awarded £100k compensation
Sky News.
In 2021, Maya Forstater told Sky News that "girls grew up to be women, boys grew up to be men" - but some see her views as deeply transphobic. Now, she has been awarded compensation after losing her job in 2019.