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The very latest news and updates from Sex Matters.
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“Be nice!” says the BBC’s director-general
The director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, appeared at the parliamentary select committee for culture, media and sport this...
22nd March 2024
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Has the EHRC forgotten about children and safeguarding?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its response to the Department for Education’s draft guidance for schools...
21st March 2024
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Imported gender ideology is damaging the NHS
The NHS is losing essential data that keeps people safe Everyone’s medical records should show essential information about them,...
12th March 2024
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Will you ask your MP to support a bill to protect women and children?
This Friday a private member’s bill in the House of Commons presents MPs with a chance to discuss changing...
11th March 2024
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WPATH: The truth about “gender-affirming healthcare”
What are the “WPATH files” and why are they in the news? The “WPATH files” are documents leaked from...
5th March 2024
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Bias at the BBC
What’s the issue? The BBC’s director of complaints has ruled that the presenter Justin Webb broke the BBC’s rules...
1st March 2024
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What is the indelible mark left by the NHS Rainbow Badge scheme?
The organisers of the NHS Rainbow Badge scheme have announced that it has come to an end due to...
22nd February 2024
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Lords debate conversion therapy
On Friday 9th February 2024 Baroness Burt’s Private Member’s Bill proposing a ban on “conversion therapy” was debated in...
21st February 2024
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Conversion therapy… again
The proposal to legislate to criminalise “conversion therapy” is back again, this time as a private members’ bill introduced...
9th February 2024
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GANHRI should stand up for the EHRC, not join in the abuse
Together with 38 groups defending sex-based rights, Sex Matters has written to GANHRI calling on it to stand up...
5th February 2024
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Responding to the schools guidance consultation
The Department for Education published draft guidance for schools in England on gender-questioning children for consultation at the end...
1st February 2024
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Is a GRC really a licence to search?
FairCop has published an advice from a KC on the lawfulness of the National Police Chiefs’ Council policy that...
1st February 2024
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Lobby groups tell schools to ignore DfE guidance
The Department for Education’s guidance on gender-questioning children was published in December – but many schools are getting materials...
31st January 2024
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Who should develop guidelines on transgender healthcare?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is developing new guidelines for transgender health. It announced the proposed members of the...
30th January 2024
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Mermaids’ letter shows what the DfE needs to do to make its guidance work for schools
In December 2023, the Department for Education released draft guidance on gender-questioning children for schools and colleges in England....
26th January 2024
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We call on politicians to support women’s services
Women’s sector leaders talk to parliamentarians about our research On Wednesday 18th January MPs and peers gathered with leaders...
19th January 2024
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Women’s services: a sector silenced – new report
A major new report launched today by Sex Matters reveals in shocking detail that leaders in the women’s sector...
16th January 2024
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Sex and the police: confusion over the law and state-sanctioned sexual assault
Update on the review into activism and impartiality in policing HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Fire & Rescue Services...
10th January 2024
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Gender-critical civil society submits report to GREVIO on sex and the law
Sex Matters, Fair Play For Women and Transgender Trend, together with LGB Alliance, the Women’s Rights Network, For Women...
31st December 2023
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The DfE’s schools guidance – the report card
New draft guidance for schools in England has been published by the Department for Education this morning. In January...
19th December 2023
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Sex and the law at the end of 2023
This blogpost is based on a briefing sent to the Women and Equalities Committee in advance of...
15th December 2023
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Section 35 appeal rejected
The Court of Session has rejected the appeal by the Scottish Government against the UK Government’s Section 35 order...
8th December 2023
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Resisting violations of women-only spaces
The chair of Sex Matters’ board, barrister Naomi Cunningham, was asked to speak at a conference in Edinburgh on...
7th December 2023
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Kemi Badenoch brings sense to the sex and gender debate
The era of “No Debate” is finally over. And it came to a spectacular close in the most important...
6th December 2023
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Will you support Sex Matters in 2024?
It has been a tumultuous year. Gender-critical campaigners in the UK have achieved major wins alongside setbacks and frustrations: Sex Matters...
29th November 2023
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An Epic crisis is unfolding in the NHS
Since October, several NHS trusts in England have been using new £450 million NHS patient-data software produced by US-based...
29th November 2023
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This is male violence against women
Today is White Ribbon Day, the start of an annual 16 days of activism opposing violence against women. Politicians,...
25th November 2023
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The escalating campaign of intimidation and violence against gender-critical women
After nearly 15,000 people signed our letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Joanna Cherry KC MP asked Laura Farris, Minister for...
24th November 2023
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Sex-based language matters in healthcare – webinar
On Thursday 30th November 2023, our director of advocacy, Helen Joyce, talked to Karleen Gribble, an academic at Western...
22nd November 2023
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Putting remembrance in context
Today, 20th November, is Trans Day of Remembrance, which has been marked annually since 2011 and is intended to...
20th November 2023
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“Please, please make it stop.”
On 9th November we delivered a letter to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, calling on him to act to...
15th November 2023
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Guidance for service providers on single-sex services
In the light of the For Women Scotland judgment.
14th November 2023