Single sex services

EHRC to issue guidance on single and separate sex services

18th October 2021

Baroness Falkner, Chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has told ministers that the body is acting on...

Truth and reconciliation

6th June 2021

How should the public sector leave the Stonewall Champions Scheme?

Time to #LeaveStonewall

29th May 2021

This is the letter we have sent to the CEOs of the 850 organisations that are members of the...

Are single-sex services legal?

19th May 2021

Does the judgment in AEA v EHRC (where permission for a judicial review of the EHRC Statutory Code of...

Sex Matters influences toilets policy

16th May 2021

As reported in The Telegraph today the Government in England is going to amend building regulations and planning guidance...

Single-sex services – policy briefing

Our call for clear official guidance on single-sex and separate-sex exceptions in the Equality Act 2010.

Is Gender Recognition an “access all areas” pass?

14th April 2021

The Gender Recognition Act 2004 was passed with little public scrutiny or consideration for women’s rights. A critical question...

Watching the watchdogs

6th April 2021

The job of the Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC) is to hold Government to account on equality law...

Stonewalling the Domestic Violence Bill: Why make “misogyny” gender neutral?

13th March 2021

A short month ago there was an attempt to rush a bill through parliament that would set a precedent...

Toilets – a place where sex matters

19th February 2021

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is undertaking a technical review on increasing accessibility and provision of...

On toilet provision for men and women – technical briefing

A simple solution to replace ambiguous language and misleading guidance, for the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government.

Gender Self-Declaration and Women’s Rights: How Self Identification Undermines Women’s Rights and Will Lead to an Increase in Harms

Alessandra Asteriti and Rebecca Bull (2020) Modern Law Review A response to Professor Alex Sharpe’s paper arguing that gender...

GRA Reform: Evidence to the Women and Equality Select Committee

4th January 2021

We submitted evidence to the Women and Equality Select Committee's Inquiry into Reform of the Gender Recognition Act.

Sex and the Equality Act

Julius Komorowski, in the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland looks at what“sex” means in the Equality Act,...

A Question of Consent

Single sex spaces are a question of consent is a website and blog by Maya Forstater focused on single...