Make the Equality Act clear
Blog posts about the Sex Matters campaign to make the Equality Act clear, including a series of blog posts in the run up to the Westminster Hall debate on 12th June 2023.
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Campaign update and appeal
Sex Matters is campaigning for the government to make a one-line change to the law to make clear that the protected characteristic of “sex” in the Equality Act means sex. This would make it easier to protect single-sex services, sports and associations. Read about the story so far, from...
22nd September 2023
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Make the Equality Act clear: easy-read version
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. When governments consult on major legal changes or produce guidance on laws, they often produce easy-read versions. These use simple words and pictures to...
8th June 2023
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The Equality Act and human rights
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s letter to the government on our proposal to clarify the Equality Act points out that if the Equality...
7th June 2023
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Why the Equality Act should be sorted out with legislation
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. Stonewall argues that clarifying the Equality Act is unnecessary. But the Equality Act is ambiguous, with legal experts unable to say with certainty whether...
5th June 2023
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How the public-sector equality duty was turned against women
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. One of the most important places where it matters that sex clearly means sex in the Equality Act is the public-sector equality duty. This...
2nd June 2023
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Why sex must mean sex across the Equality Act
This is the third in a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. Many people who have written to their MPs about the proposal have had a response that says something like this: “The current guidance from...
1st June 2023
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Why “sex” and “gender” mean the same thing in law
This is the second in a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. The language of sex and gender is a confusing quagmire. The amendment we are proposing aims to clarify one particularly important thing: that the...
31st May 2023
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Why we don’t want “biological” added before “sex” in the law
This is the first of a series of blog posts in the run up to the debate on 12th June about clarifying the Equality Act. The word “sex” appears 268 times in the Equality Act 2010; “same sex” appears 48 times, “opposite sex” 28 times. Our petition says: Update...
30th May 2023