Press cuttings - Sex Matters https://sex-matters.org/posts/category/press-cuttings/ Sex matters in law and in life. It shouldn’t take courage to say so. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:14:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/favicon.png Press cuttings - Sex Matters https://sex-matters.org/posts/category/press-cuttings/ 32 32 Labour’s digital ID card “may let people choose their own gender”, MPs are warned https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/labours-digital-id-card-may-let-people-choose-their-own-gender-mps-are-warned/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:14:45 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=184478 Sam Merriman for the Daily Mail.

Maya Forstater and advisory group member Professor Alice Sullivan are quoted.

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]]> MPs “openly hostile” to Starmer’s pick as equalities watchdog chief https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/mps-openly-hostile-to-starmers-pick-as-equalities-watchdog-chief/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 08:28:41 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=183015 Two Commons committees refused to endorse Mary-Ann Stephenson — but are likely to be overruled by the equalities minister, reports Geraldine Scott for The Times.

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]]> “The Supreme Court gender ruling had given us clarity. Now this Labour law will torpedo that” https://sex-matters.org/posts/single-sex-services/the-supreme-court-gender-ruling-had-given-us-clarity-now-this-labour-law-will-torpedo-that/ Wed, 07 May 2025 10:58:00 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=183267 Women’s rights campaigners warn that a Government bill could endanger vulnerable women by blurring the lines between sex and gender identity, writes George Chesterton for The Telegraph.

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]]> Maya Forstater on BBC Scotland https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/maya-forstater-on-bbc-scotland/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:46:54 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=176259 Maya Forstater speaks to Kaye Adams on BBC Scotland about the practicalities of the Supreme Court’s ruling. 10:24 on YouTube.

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]]> Helen Joyce on BBC 5 Live Breakfast https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/helen-joyce-on-bbc-5-live-breakfast/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:31:19 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=176041 Helen Joyce talks to Rick Edwards about the Supreme Court judgment. 5:11 on YouTube.

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]]> Helen Joyce and Michael Foran on Spectator TV https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/helen-joyce-and-michael-foran-on-spectator-tv/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:35:07 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=175264 Author Helen Joyce and lecturer in public law Michael Foran join Lucy Dunn to discuss today’s Supreme Court ruling, what it means for women, and biological realities going forward. 20:39 on YouTube.

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]]> UK supreme court ruling on legal definition of woman “brings clarity and confidence”, says government – as it happened https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/sex-matters-in-the-guardian-16th-april-2025/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:30:20 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=175196 Amy Sedghi for The Guardian quotes Maya Forstater of Sex Matters: “The court has given us the right answer: the protected characteristic of sex – male and female – refers to reality, not to paperwork.”

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]]> JK Rowling hails victory for women after Supreme Court trans ruling https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/sex-matters-in-the-telegraph-16th-april-2025/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:15:00 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=175240 Tim Sigsworth, Tom McArdle, Janet Eastham, Hayley Dixon, Daniel Martin and Jack Maidment for The Telegraph, quoting Helen Joyce of Sex Matters: “We were right. These women, these ordinary women, saying that sex is material in the Equality Act. They were right and the regulator was wrong, the Government was wrong, Keir Starmer was wrong.”

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]]> Trans women with gender certificate can be barred from single-sex areas – court https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/sex-matters-in-the-independent-16th-april-2025/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:44:00 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=175212 Jess Glass for the Independent:, quoting Maya Forstater of Sex Matters: “The court has given us the right answer: the protected characteristic of sex – male and female – refers to reality, not to paperwork.”

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]]> UK Supreme Court live: JK Rowling hails ruling on trans women https://sex-matters.org/posts/press-cuttings/sex-matters-in-the-times-16th-april-2025/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:34:00 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=175204 Peter Chappell and Sanchez Manning for The Times:, quoting Maya Forstater of Sex Matters: “The court has given us the right answer: the protected characteristic of sex — male and female — refers to reality, not to paperwork.”

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