Workplaces
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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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Are City employers breaking the law on single-sex toilets?
Our new report exposes widespread non-compliance
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Sex and the City
Finance is a highly regulated sector where legal compliance is taken very seriously. A widespread impression that sexism and...
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Sex-based rights in the City
The financial sector’s failure of compliance.
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Eleanor Frances, former civil servant
Gender ideology is written into HR policies right across the civil service. When I complained I was forced out...
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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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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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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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A small charity with outsize influence
Sex Matters turns five!
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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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Men in women’s facilities at work – what are your rights?
Naomi Cunningham writes for Legal Feminist on your legal rights and the risks of raising a grievance or taking...
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Nurses are winning the gender wars
Why the NHS is the frontline in protecting women's rights
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Victory for the Darlington nurses
The Darlington nurses have won their employment-tribunal claim against County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The judgment concludes...
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US Supreme Court must define ”woman”
Trans-identifying male athletes argue that they must be included
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Sandie Peggie, Maria Kelly and puberty blockers: Fiona, Maya and Helen discuss
12th December 2025
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The Sandie Peggie judgment disregards women’s privacy and dignity
The judgment in Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife and Dr Upton has been published. We are pleased that Sandie...
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The Kelly judgment, Girlguiding and the Women’s Institute: Maya and Fiona discuss
5th December 2025
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A disappointing judgment in defiance of the Supreme Court
The judgment in the case of Kelly v Leonardo has been published, and it is bad news. This case involves...
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Template email about positive action based on self-ID instead of sex
This template email is designed to help you tell organisations that programmes and prizes for women and girls must...
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Sex Matters intervenes on single-sex services guidance
Sex Matters has been given permission to intervene in the judicial review being brought by the Good Law Project...
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How to respond to your employer’s excuses
The law is clear but many employers are still denying women the privacy and dignity of female-only toilets and...
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Template email to raise concerns about workplace changing rooms
This template email is designed to help you clearly and confidently raise concerns about workplace changing-room policies: the removal...
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Workplace facilities factsheet
Employers that do not communicate and enforce clear policies about separate-sex facilities are likely to be in breach of...
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Gender-critical belief discrimination – briefing
What “gender critical” beliefs are; how employees and others are protected from belief discrimination; and how employers should deal...
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Template email to raise concerns about workplace toilets
This template email is designed to help you clearly and confidently raise concerns about workplace toilet policies: the removal...
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Template email to raise concerns about changing rooms and toilets
This template email is designed to help you clearly and confidently raise concerns about policies for changing-room, toilets and...
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Template email about proposed unisex changing rooms or toilets
This template email is designed to help you clearly and confidently raise concerns about policies to make changing-room or...
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New report on everyday cancellation in publishing
Has publishing has become a hostile environment for people who hold gender-critical beliefs? New research commissioned by Sex Matters...
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Everyday cancellation in publishing – case study: Ursula Doyle
Case study to accompany the report on the costs and legal risks of discrimination against gender-critical staff and authors,...