Sport
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Getting back on track: a new report
How UK law provides for separate sport for women and girls.
5th June 2026
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Sex matters in sport
Sport and physical recreation are one of the most obvious places where women and girls need dedicated provision and...
5th June 2026
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Enabling and protecting sport for women and girls
On 4th June 2026, Sex Matters launched its latest report on sport: Getting back on track: Using the Equality...
5th June 2026
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Getting back on track
Using the Equality Act to enable and protect sport for women and girls
4th June 2026
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Sport and the Law
The Supreme Court ruling in April 2025 clarified the existing law so it is clear that such policies are...
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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...
28th April 2026
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Cerys Vaughan, football player
The suspension had an effect on my education because I was doing PE for my A levels. I had...
16th April 2026
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Lynne Pinches, professional pool player
This isn’t about hating anyone. It’s about fairness. Men have physical advantages over women, and no amount of practice...
16th April 2026
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Miranda Newsom, gym-goer
When I complained about a man in the women’s changing room at my gym, I discovered that managers had...
16th April 2026
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Natalie, amateur footballer
Because of a trans-inclusive policy, we were forced to tolerate behaviour from a man that we never would have...
16th April 2026
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S, swimmer at Hampstead Ladies’ Pond
The man stood and stared at me in a demeaning, aggressive way as I was showering. I had no...
16th April 2026
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Sex matters in local elections
On Thursday 7th May 2026, voters across Scotland, Wales and England will head to the polls in a major...
14th April 2026
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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...
9th April 2026
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Women-only sport goes to High Court
Man appeals against exclusion from women’s pool tournament
20th March 2026
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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,...
9th March 2026
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Sport, sex and equality with Mara Yamauchi
Olympics, Parkrun – and fairness for women and girls
6th February 2026
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Brief of 24 philosophers including Professor Jon Pike as amici curiae, US Supreme Court
For The Governor of Idaho et al v Lindsay Hecox et al and West Virginia et al v BPJ...
13th January 2026
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Brief of Sex Matters as amicus curiae, US Supreme Court
For The Governor of Idaho et al v Lindsay Hecox et al and West Virginia et al v BPJ in support...
13th January 2026
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Brief of Emma Hilton PhD and the International Consortium on Female Sport as amici curiae, US Supreme Court
For The Governor of Idaho et al v Lindsay Hecox et al and West Virginia et al v BPJ in support...
13th January 2026
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“What is a woman?”: the US Supreme Court must decide
On 13th January 2026, the United States Supreme Court will hear two cases which push it to adjudicate on...
12th January 2026
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The state of affairs in protecting women’s sport
Progress has been made, but some sports are still lagging behind in spite of the Supreme Court judgment. What...
26th September 2025
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Virgin Active brings its changing rooms policy in line with the law after threat of legal action
Virgin Active has changed its changing-room policy to ensure that biological men (including those who identify as “transgender women”)...
15th August 2025
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EHRC consultation: sport
This is the third in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
29th July 2025
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“Women-only” doesn’t mean single sex says Corporation of London
There are three swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath, managed by the Corporation of London: a mixed pond, a men’s...
13th July 2025
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Revised guidance for Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport – introduction to legal considerations
Guidance by Harper Macleod LLP for the UK Home Nations Sports Councils on the considerations underpinning its Guidance...
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Letter before claim on Kenwood Ladies’ Pond
On 17th June 2025, we sent a letter before claim to the City of London Corporation over its failure...
27th June 2025
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The hard truth about sport – Fiona McAnena in conversation with Helen Joyce
Fiona talks to Helen Joyce about how we got here: from Renee Richards to Lia Thomas and Emily Bridges,...
10th June 2025
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EHRC code of practice re sport – briefing for Parliamentarians
The vast majority of people of all ages and political persuasions agree that the women’s category in any sex-affected...
10th June 2025
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Changing rooms?
Fiona McAnena and Anya Palmer for the New Law Journal assert that the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland,...
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Poll shows public support for the Supreme Court decision
On 16th April the UK Supreme Court issued a ruling about the definition of a woman and sex in...
20th May 2025
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Why “sorry” is the hardest word
During the weeks since the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that “sex” in the Equality Act refers to biology, much...
20th May 2025
