Single sex services
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The Charity Commission must act
Sex Matters, together with 40 of the organisations targeted by Amnesty International, has written to Dame Julia Unwin, chair...
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Good Law Project’s failed legal challenge against the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Court: High Court, King's Bench Division (Administrative Court) Judge: Mr Justice Swift Date: 13th February 2026
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Sex Matters set to challenge City’s unlawful ponds policy
The City of London Corporation has decided to continue with its “trans inclusive” approach to admissions to the men’s...
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Fighting bigotry in service provision
Most of the high-profile gender-critical belief-discrimination cases to date have related to workplaces. But gender-critical belief discrimination is unlawful...
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Sex is not “special category” data
The new Code of practice for services, public functions and associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC),...
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities about the EHRC guidance
Sex Matters wrote to Bridget Phillipson MP to raise our concerns about the fact that the new code of...
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EHRC guidance finally here!
The new code of practice explained in our weekly podcast.
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What is in the new guidance?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated Code of practice for services, public functions and associations has finally been...
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What would good guidance look like?
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has promised to present the new Code of practice for services,...
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Hampstead ponds update
We have received an order in our case against the City of London on the Hampstead ponds. The case...
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EHRC code of practice expected in May
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has said that the government intends to lay the updated draft...
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EHRC code of practice: what you need to know
A two-page briefing on the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft code of practice for services, public functions and...
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Hampstead ponds – the City of London says it is sticking with “trans inclusion”
The City of London Corporation’s executive team has published its report on the future of the Hampstead Heath bathing...
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One year later – part 2
Reflections on the FWS anniversary
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Rosie Hayes, campaigner against male violence
Many of these women are traumatised. Having to change the venue multiple times due to harassment and worrying that...
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The law is clear – here’s what it says
The government has said that it intends to lay the updated Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) code of...
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Updated EHRC code to be published in May
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has made a statement to Parliament saying that she intends to...
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Toilets, showers and changing rooms: what the law says (Easy Read)
An easy-read version of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim update for employers and service providers.
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Dear Prime Minister: women are still waiting
It is coming up to the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court judgment which should have led to the...
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FWS one year later
Why are women waiting?
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One year later
The Supreme Court made the law clear. So why are we still waiting for the rights of women and...
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M&S warned mixed-sex changing rooms could be unlawful
Sex Matters has written to the senior leadership of Marks & Spencer (M&S) to warn the company that its...
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Hampstead ponds: judicial review going ahead
We didn't give up on the Ponds case – and now it's back on!
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New poll shows most people prefer single-sex toilets and changing rooms
A new UK-wide poll shows that the vast majority of adults prefer single-sex provision of toilets and changing rooms...
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Sex Matters poll results March 2026
JL Partners asked a nationally representative sample of 1,500 UK adults thirteen questions about single-sex toilets and changing rooms,...
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Sex Matters seeks to appeal in Hampstead ponds case
Sex Matters has lodged our application for permission to appeal in the Hampstead ponds case against the City of...
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Skeleton argument for appeal in R (Sex Matters) v City of London
Sex Matters is appealing the judgment refusing our application for a judicial review of City of London Corporation...
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EHRC vindicated in High Court
Good Law Project legal challenge fails
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A simple statement of the law on single-sex services and workplace facilities
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim update of 25th April 2025.
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Why are employers waiting for the wrong guidance?
Soon after the enactment of the Equality Act, the Equality and Human Rights Commission produced three statutory codes of...
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High Court rules: EHRC guidance lawful
The law protects privacy, decency and propriety.
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How the City of London allowed the consultation on the ponds to be hijacked
The day before the announcement of the permissions judgment in our case against the City of London Corporation over...