Letters - Sex Matters https://sex-matters.org/posts/category/publications/letters/ Sex matters in law and in life. It shouldn’t take courage to say so. Wed, 27 May 2026 09:45:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/favicon.png Letters - Sex Matters https://sex-matters.org/posts/category/publications/letters/ 32 32 Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities about the EHRC guidance https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/letters/letter-to-the-minister-for-women-and-equalities-about-the-ehrc-guidance/ Fri, 22 May 2026 14:38:31 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=190974 Sex Matters wrote to Bridget Phillipson MP to raise our concerns about the fact that the new code of practice for service providers produced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission includes a new section on “asking about sex”, which includes legally incorrect advice.

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]]> Second letter to Marks & Spencer (M&S) https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/second-letter-to-marks-spencer/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:53:20 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188962 We replied to Nick Folland, general counsel for Marks & Spencer, to say that he seemed to be misinformed about the company’s its fitting-room policy.

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]]> Response from Marks & Spencer (M&S) https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/response-from-marks-spencer/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:48:32 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188960 Nick Folland, general counsel for Marks & Spencer, replied to our letter of 9th March 2026 about its fitting-room policy.

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]]> Letter to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency about Professor George https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/letter-to-the-medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency-re-professor-george/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:16:35 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188643 Sex Matters wrote to Lawrence Tallon, chief executive, and Professor Anthony Harnden, chair, of the MHRA, to urge them to reinstate Professor Jacob George as a decision-maker on the PATHWAYs puberty-blockers trial.

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]]> Letter to Marks & Spencer (M&S) https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/letter-to-marks-spencer/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:29:25 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188947 We wrote to Marks & Spencer chair Archie Norman, chief executive Stuart Machin and general counsel Nick Folland about its fitting-room policy.

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]]> Letter to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/letter-to-the-medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:10:06 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188615 Sex Matters wrote to the chief executive of the MHRA, Lawrence Tallon, to raise concerns about whether parents and children could meaningfully consent or assent to medical treatment based on hoped-for outcomes that cannot be achieved within the framework of UK law.

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]]> Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/second-letter-to-the-secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:55:00 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188536 Sex Matters wrote again to the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP about the planned puberty-blocker trial for gender-questioning children.

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]]> Reply from the Cabinet Office on civil-service policy https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/reply-from-the-cabinet-office-on-civil-service-policy/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:52:25 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188113 We wrote on 17th November 2025 asking for the withdrawal of the model policy that allows employees to access opposite-sex workplace toilets.  

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]]> Letter to the Prime Minister on single-sex services https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/letter-to-the-prime-minister-on-single-sex-services/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:01:45 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=188065 On the fiftieth anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act, we wrote to Keir Starmer to ask for the civil service’s model policy on “gender identity and intersex” to be withdrawn.

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]]> Briefing note on BBC bias to the Culture, Media and Sport committee https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/briefing-note-on-bbc-bias-to-the-culture-media-and-sport-committee/ Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:33:35 +0000 https://sex-matters.org/?p=187676 Sex Matters sent this briefing to members of the government’s Culture, Media and Sport committee when they questioned BBC board members about the Prescott report on 24th November 2025.

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