Publications • Page 2
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Women’s services: a sector silenced – summary report
A summary of our report examining the effects of gender-identity beliefs on the women’s sector, including the results of an independent poll in January 2024, asking if the British public supports the provision of female-only services for women. (Read the full report.)
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Letter to Chris Philp MP
We wrote to the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire about the new policy of the National Police Chiefs’ Council that allows male officers who identify as women to undertake searches, including strip and intimate searches, of detainees of the opposite sex.
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Letter to World Health Organisation
We wrote to the director-general and chief scientist of the WHO about our concerns with the mandate and make-up of the Guideline Development Group on the health of trans and gender-diverse people.
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The Istanbul Convention and sex-based rights
A two-page summary of our shadow report Sex and the law in the UK. Read the full report.
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Sex and the law in the UK
Shadow report on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention)
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Sex and the law in December 2023 – a briefing
Briefing from Sex Matters for a meeting of the Women and Equalities Committee on 13th December 2023
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Letter to Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC
Sex Matters’ chair wrote to suggest a process of strategic engagement for the BBC with experts and campaigners who promote mainstream, legally accurate and scientifically sound positions on sex and gender.
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Letter to Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
On behalf of Sex Matters and Transgender Trend, we have written to express our concern about the first recommendation in the EHRC Equality and Human Rights Monitor report published this week.
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A letter to the Prime Minister, 9th November 2023
This pack contains our letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling on him to act to defend gender-critical women from threats, violence and police harassment; the list of named signatories; and more than 3,000 comments added – it was signed by nearly 15,000 people.
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Letter to Ed Humpherson, head of the Office for Statistics Regulation
Our letter includes, from page 4, details of the inadequacies with the investigation of the quality of the 2021 census gender-identity data.
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Guidance for service providers on single-sex services
In the light of the For Women Scotland judgment.
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Response to NHS England consultation on Interim Clinical Policy: Puberty suppressing hormones for children and adolescents who have gender incongruence/dysphoria
Our response to this NHS consultation on an interim clinical policy, which closed on 1st November 2023
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Response to ONS consultation on the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales
We call on the Office for National Statistics to make sure that data on sex is collected clearly and accurately for national statistics.
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Policy proposal: Legislation to ban modern conversion therapy
Any law to ban conversion therapy should seek to solve problems that exist today, not symbolically fight the battles of yesterday.
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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 template letter of complaint to send when you are concerned that an organisation is misusing your data by confusing sex and gender.
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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 confusing sex and gender.
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Letter to the EHRC about its technical guidance on the Equality Act
Our letter to Kishwer Falkner and Marcial Boo flags the concerns raised in our post.
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Submission (written intervention)
Part of Sex Matters’ submission to the Judicial Review of the revised statutory guidance produced by the Scottish Ministers under Section 7 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 – see also Authorities and Productions.
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Productions (second inventory of productions for the applicant)
Part of Sex Matters’ submission to the Judicial Review of the revised statutory guidance produced by the Scottish Ministers under Section 7 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 – see also Submission and Authorities.
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Authorities (list of authorities for the applicant)
Part of Sex Matters’ submission to the Judicial Review of the revised statutory guidance produced by the Scottish Ministers under Section 7 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 – see also Submission and Productions.
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Making the Equality Act clear – the story so far
This is the story so far, but it is just the beginning. The next stage in the campaign is to get the government to take action before the election, and get more people to stand up and say “I support single-sex services”. Will you be part of it?
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Keeping children safe as girls and boys in education
The first review of the UK's legal framework on sex and gender in education shows that thousands of schools and colleges in England are in danger of breaching legal requirements due to lack of government guidance and faulty existing guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Media handbook on sex and gender
This handbook explains when and why it is right for journalists and editors to talk about people’s sex, and the problems that result if they fail to do so. It prioritises truth, accuracy and maintaining public trust, and within those constraints, minimising possible offence. August 2023: We have updated...
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Support, advice and guidance 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