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Sex Matters writes to MSPs
Tomorrow 27th October is the Stage 1 debate on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill by the Scottish Parliament. Sex...
26th October 2022
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Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
Collective formed in 2018 of three women with backgrounds in policy-making, research and communications: Dr Kath Murray, Dr Lucy...
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Legal Feminist
Collective of solicitors and barristers, some anonymous and some not. Blogs on subjects related to sex, gender and the...
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Converting minds or bodies?
A riposte to the Good Law Project’s published advice on conversion therapy
16th August 2022
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Sex and the law – share our short guide
What does intersex mean? Are you allowed to mention someone’s sex if they don’t want you to? Has someone...
4th August 2022
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Equal Treatment Bench Book – interim revision July 2022
A revision of the February 2021 edition.
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Forstater discrimination ruling will have profound effect
Rhona Darbyshire for The TImes
Trans people will still be protected against harassment, but must share that protection with those... -
Maya Forstater wins three claims in employment tribunal following trans row
Andrew Doyle talks to Maya Forstater on Free Speech Nation.
17:54 on YouTube.10th July 2022
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What does the Forstater judgment mean for employers?
On 6th July 2022 an employment tribunal found that Maya Forstater had been directly discriminated against by the Center...
8th July 2022
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Campaigner was discriminated against over gender critical beliefs
Law Society Gazette by Michael Cross
A ‘gender-critical’ campaigner suffered direct discrimination by a non-governmental organisation when it...7th July 2022
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Maya Forstater: Woman discriminated against over trans tweets, tribunal rules
BBC News
A woman who said people cannot change their biological sex was discriminated against by her employers,...6th July 2022
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A win for free speech and sex-based rights
Sex Matters’ Executive Director, Maya Forstater, has won her employment tribunal case against her former employer. Here is her...
6th July 2022
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Forstater v CGD Europe & Others: Maya Forstater succeeds in Employment Tribunal
Press release from Doyle Clayton, workplace lawyers.
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Edward Lord recused from hearing gender-critical belief case
A recent hearing of the Employment Appeal Tribunal considered whether trans rights activist Edward Lord was a suitable person...
5th July 2022
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Groups defending sex-based rights
Overview of groups opposing sex self-ID in the UK, set up by individuals and collectives concerned by the failure...
1st July 2022
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Male and female in the Equality Act
Last week Old Square Chambers hosted a seminar about single-sex services and the law. Barristers Nicola Newbegin and Robin Moira...
21st June 2022
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Who is Edward Lord?
Can a person who accuses everyone who disagrees with radical gender ideology of “transphobia” be the right person to...
20th June 2022
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Sex self-ID in Scotland and transgender unemployment
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 was an extraordinary piece of legislation intended for an extraordinary group of people. It...
14th June 2022
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Briefing for conversion therapy debate
The Government has decided to introduce a law banning “gay conversion therapy’”, but following consultation decided not to introduce...
11th June 2022
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Gender-critical: your rights at work
A leaflet to print at home. Or a glossier version for colour printing or sharing online.
10th June 2022
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We have been worthy of respect for a whole year!
A year ago today Maya Forstater won a critical judgment in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, establishing that gender-critical beliefs...
10th June 2022
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Sex realists gaining ground at Westminster
Debates on new laws in Parliament are one of the key battlefields between sex realists and sex denialists, with...
31st May 2022
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Maya Forstater: Warning on ‘quickie’ gender recognition certificates in Scotland
Jason Allardyce for The Sunday Times.
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Is Scotland going to turn the UK into an identity-laundering haven?
As part of Sex Matters’ response to the Scottish Parliament consultation on GRA reform we raised security concerns. This...
18th May 2022
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We’ve told the Scottish Parliament our views – have you?
We asked you to respond to the consultation on Scotland’s draft bill to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and...
16th May 2022
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Response to Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Sex Matters’ response to the government consultation, submitted on 9th May 2022. The rules for obtaining a GRC should...
16th May 2022
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Self-ID: tell the Scottish Parliament your views!
When the Gender Recognition Act came into force in 2004, it was a single regime for the UK. The...
3rd May 2022
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“We hardly get any of those here” – working with girls and women
Charlotte Weinberg writes for Probation Quarterly on whether changes to the perception, treatment and approaches to work with women...
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Maya Forstater interviewed on BBC Woman’s Hour
Presenter Emma Barnett talks to Maya Forstater about her legal case on 9th March 2022.
18:04 to 48:04 on...9th March 2022
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Interview with Maya Forstater
Sex Matters’ Executive Director Maya Forstater won an important judgment in 2021 in her employment discrimination case. Now she...
2nd March 2022
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A radically simpler system than gender self-ID
Critics of the Gender Recognition Act who call for gender self-identification say the current system is too much of...
21st February 2022
