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Like many organisations that have mistakenly taken Stonewall’s proselytising as gospel, Garden Court has taken a wrong turn. But they can turn back. This judgment will help that to happen.

Employers must reconsider their policies and relationship with Stonewall after Allison Bailey’s victory

Allison Bailey has won her claims of direct belief discrimination and victimisation against Garden Court Chambers. The Employment Tribunal unanimously...

27th July 2022

If you can’t say sex, how can you say sexual harassment?

An employment tribunal in Leeds has handed down judgment in a case involving catering staff at a Sheffield NHS...

20th July 2022

Why do single-sex services matter?

In February 2022 Sex Matters undertook a survey to find out why single-sex services matter to people. The response...

19th July 2022

Will the next Tory leader #RespectMySex?

Boris Johnson is on his way out, and the contest to decide who will replace him as prime minister...

8th July 2022

The Forstater judgment – what does it mean for employers?

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

"My case matters for everyone who believes in the importance of truth and free speech."

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

Trans rights activist recused: “The evidence of the lay member’s position [...] must again lead that observer to conclude that there would remain a real possibility of unconscious bias.”

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

Information Commissioner strikes down secrecy of Stonewall scheme

The Information Commissioner has ordered the University of Oxford to disclose the scores and feedback it received from Stonewall...

1st July 2022

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

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

Sex Matters response to “More in Common”

More in Common is an organisation that seeks to “build societies and communities that are “stronger, more united, and...

16th June 2022

Conversion therapy? Differential diagnosis? Gender exploratory therapy?

What is conversion therapy?

Stella O’Malley of Genspect explains… “Gay conversion therapy” is the term given to attempts to change a person’s sexual...

15th June 2022

Will Scotland’s proposed self-ID law increase trans unemployment?

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

Sex Matters briefing for conversion therapy debate

On Monday 13th June there will be a Westminster Hall debate on introducing “gender identity” into the planned government...

11th June 2022

The Equality Act 2010 protects people with gender-critical beliefs

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

“Conversion” therapy or just therapy?

On 23rd May 2022 an article appeared in the i news stating that Dr Az Hakeem was under investigation...

8th June 2022

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

Is the Attorney General wrong about the law, or is Stonewall?

The Department for Education is developing new guidance for schools on how to accommodate children who identify as transgender....

29th May 2022

There’s no duty on schools to compromise on single-sex spaces.

Attorney General clarifies the law for schools

In an interview with the Times, Suella Braverman said schools should treat children according to their sex, not their self-identified...

27th May 2022

Good ideas that address complex issues are not handed down to us on stone tablets. Good ideas need time, space and the application of intelligence to be formed.

Reading University VC speaks up for academic freedom

On 25 April 2022 Dr Holly Lawford-Smith, of the University of Melbourne, gave a seminar at Reading University’s school...

23rd May 2022

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

Has your MP fallen for a simple slogan?

Was your MP one of the ones who posed with a sign about banning conversion therapy? It is worth...

16th May 2022

Misgendering is inherently transphobic? Yes. In any circumstances? Yes, unless that trans person as an individual has asked you to do so, to refer to them as men for their own safety. Is that Stonewall’s position? Yes.

Highlights from Kirrin Medcalf’s evidence

From our live notes of the evidence of the Allison Bailey v Stonewall Equality Limited and Garden Court Chambers...

16th May 2022

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

More than 1,500 women say NO to unexpected me in women's changing rooms

Yes, sex DOES matter in changing rooms

Following our blog post, more than 1,500 customers wrote to Monsoon to tell them why female-only changing rooms are...

13th May 2022

Union proposes boundaries on gender-critical speech

Union to vote on putting “boundaries” on gender-critical thought in the civil service

The FDA is the trade union for managers and professionals in public service. It includes the most senior civil...

11th May 2022

No ban on talk therapy for gender-distressed children in Queen’s Speech

It has been confirmed in the Queen’s Speech that the government intends to pursue a limited ban on “conversion...

11th May 2022

How did a campaign to criminalise the most effective treatment for gender-distressed children make it from the margins to the mainstream with no evidence?

What is behind the campaign to ban conversion therapy?

The campaign to ban “conversion therapy” has come out of nowhere, to suddenly dominate the priorities of organisations such...

4th May 2022

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

"We recommend the simplest, clearest, most neutral and most coherent approach reporting based on sex."

Sex Matters’ advice to companies on the FCA’s new reporting requirements

Last week, we reported that the Financial Conduct Authority had issued new rules about its requirements for listed companies to report...

29th April 2022

“We make it really clear to all women when they access [the service] that there is the potential for trans women to be in that group and that that’s just how it is.” Service provider cited in the research supporting the Survivors' Network letter

Single-sex services: the Survivors’ Network response

On 4th April 2022 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued new guidance on the law on single...

27th April 2022

Send our new guidance to a school you know

Schools are calling out for clear guidance on sex and gender to answer questions such as what should they...

25th April 2022

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