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Hospitals to return to clear single-sex wards.
Good news. Thank you
@SteveBarclay
#SexMatters
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Males enjoy performance advantages in competitive sport.
They are bigger, faster, stronger, have bigger lungs, more muscle, stronger bones.
In sports where contact, collision or combat are part of gameplay there are implications for safety as well as fairness.
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Yang Liu and Julia Szeremeta are the real winners.
#Paris2024
#XX
Women's sport should be for women
@iocmedia
#SaveWomensSports
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Breaking: DFE has left Stonewall
"we do not feel it provides value for money for the service it provides and we shared concerns accross government about the charity's stance on free speech"
HT
@christopherhope
Newsletter
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Sex Matters chair Naomi Cunningham spoke to Clare Foges on LBC.
Why is the ‘trans debate’ so toxic?
Because one side decided they could just lay down the law, assert a new reality and have no debate at all…
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BREAKING NEWS: NHS is shutting down gender identity clinic for children (GIDS)
@TaviAndPort
The gender identity service at Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust has been ordered to close by spring 2023.
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Sport England cuts ties with Stonewall
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We have written to
@metpoliceuk
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley about the incitement to violence at
#TransPride
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NEW REPORT: 84% of Britons support female-only support services for women who are victims of domestic violence but the sector is in turmoil because of lack of clear laws.
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Judy Murray has told
@RishiSunak
to hurry up and sort out the Equality Act - block men from women's sports and spaces.
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Got questions? We've got answers
❓What are disorders of sexual development?
❓Does male sporting advantage come from testosterone?
❓Why do DSDs matter in sport?
❓Is testosterone reduction the solution?
Download the briefing:
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"The consequences of not addressing the risk to female sports go beyond the immediate physical safety of women and girls. If their safety, their dignity and aspirations cannot be assured, women and girls' very inclusion in sport is at risk."
Great speech from
@AshReganALBA
👇
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Update from Maya!
Last year, while I was on a summer holiday, I was emailed by the Metropolitan Police and told I was under investigation for the crime of “Malicious Communications”. Now I’ve been told that the case has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service…
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This response by
@lloyd_rm
to Miriam Cates MP was shocking.
He insults women like Miriam Cates who dares to assert sex-based boundaries and legal protection against discrimination on the basis of sex as "transphobic".
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Women will not be silenced
#DefendUs
#WhiteRibbonDay
Today is
#WhiteRibbonDay
- the start of 16 days of activism on violence against women.
If you promise never to use, excuse or remain silent about men's violence against women will you see this for what it is?
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NHS to limit trans ideology with new constitution
“Clear language, single-sex wards and access to intimate care provided by a health professional of the same sex are crucial to the wellbeing and safety of female patients. They should never have been compromised.”
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OUR BIG NEWS: Sex Matters is a charity!
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The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal of Christie Elan-Cane for 'X' gender markers available in British passports.
The public interest in coherent policy overrides the appellant's interest in having an X passport.
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BREAKING: Gender identity census figures decertified.
@ONS
census figures lose status as official statistics.
👏 to Professor Michael Biggs whose work highlighted the problem with the methodology.
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Government suicide adviser, Professor Louis Appleby, has published a report debunking the false and irresponsible suicide claims that have been spread for more than a decade.
We are relieved that the government is standing up for truth and common sense. It's long overdue.
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Women's fears concerning the implementation of the Hate Crime Act have not come from nowhere.
We call for clear guidance saying that it’s not hateful to state people’s sex, even if they don’t want you to.
NEW: Our latest blog looks at "misgendering" and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act.
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The
@EHRC
has issued guidance that “a sex-based occupational requirement that a [job] applicant is a woman…will include women who are recorded female at birth and also transgender women who have obtained a GRC.”
We think this is wrong.
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We have written to Andrew Haines
@networkrail
and
@LordPeterHendy
about the intimidating political display at London Bridge station
You can make a complaint here
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Miriam Cates MP speaking up for women's rights in Parliamentary debate on the GRR Bill
And references Sex Matters' single sex services survey
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Director
@MForstater
on
@BBCPolitics
#BBCPoliticsLive
explaining why it's time to
#MakeTheEqualityActClear
The Equality Act needs to work for everyone and service providers need to be able understand what it means and how they can apply it.
LOVING
@MForstater
on BBC Politics Live just now. Telling Robin Moira White that she reads Robin as a man, and that women are really not comfortable with Robin in female-only spaces. Finally someone telling Robin to Robin's face (from half an hour in)
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Sex Matters (together with many others) condemns the actions of violent activists in New Zealand and calls on
@JamesCleverly
@FCDOGovUK
to
#SpeakUpForWomen
and to engage with
@UKinNZ
@StandingforXX
@SpeakUp4WomenNZ
@ThePosieParker
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BREAKING: Senior figures across NHS and UK medical bodies disavow WPATH's approach to gender medicine.
#WPATH
"Standards of Care" have shaped NHS policy and doctors practice for decades.
@mailonline
#WPATHfiles
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Angela Carini had to concede at the Olympics for her own safety.
Sporting bodies worldwide need to act now to protect fairness and safety for women. What will it take?
#NonEGiusto
#IStandWithAngelaCarini
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On 8th July 2023 a violent criminal – Sarah Jane (previously Alan) Baker – stood up at a public event and told the cheering crowd “If you see a TERF, punch them in the fucking face!”
The police were there but did nothing. Later a judge accepted Baker’s explanation that his
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BREAKING: Public support for gender recognition has collapsed
@NatCen
survey finds
@DerryBanShee
"the more the public understand the real-world impact of pretending that people can change sex, the less they like it."
@DailyMailUK
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"The law does not impact on other people's perception"
Sex Matters'
@HJoyceGender
on
@TalkTV
with
@JakeBerry
on whether it's "hateful" to use sex-based pronouns ⬇️
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The Charity Commission has launched a statutory inquiry into Mermaids
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"People who don't identify as their sex have taken other people's politeness as license to override other people's desires, needs, rights, and boundaries."
@HJoyceGender
on
@spectator
TV
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🗣️"It is also frankly embarrassing to see a hospital – a place where medical knowledge matters – making the ridiculous argument that people are “assigned” female or male at birth rather than simply being female or male..."
@HJoyceGender
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Raising suicide threats as a response to legitimate debate about legislation, as Kirsty Blackman MP did in yesterday’s Westminster Hall debate, is neither respectful nor responsible. We explain why.
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We call on the government to defend women from the escalating campaign of violence and intimidation by extreme transactivists
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Fury as
@PoliceChiefs
fails to stop male officers who identify as transgender from strip-searching female detainees.
Review needs to restart with a commitment that male officers do not search women.
@SexMattersOrg
@WomensRightsNet
@AllianceLGB
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Police told to stop recording male perpetrators as "women"
👏👏👏👏👏
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Breastfeeding charity suspends trustees who want to stick to helping breastfeeding mothers, and not men who want to lactate.
@ChtyCommission
asked to investigate
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BBC changes language from "people who have periods" to women after
@MailOnline
inquiry
@aIexward
@HJoyceGender
"The BBC's longstanding double standard when it comes to stories relating to women's and men's health is deeply sexist and frustrating"
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"Single-sex services aren't a "culture war". This is a serious, real-life issue for all women and girls."
@MForstater
Thank you,
@jk_rowling
, for standing up for women's rights. Will politicians do the same?
@DailyMailUK
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There is no legal requirement for the media to call male sex offenders and paedophiles “she”, yet broadcasters and the newspapers continue to do it.
@andrewdoyle_com
asks: “Given that it is wholly voluntary, why do they keep on doing it?”
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Gender medicine is harming young people
They need support, not drugs and surgery
#EPATH2023
#GenspectBiggerPicture
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BREAKING:
#CassReview
@TheCassReview
demolishes the basis for the current model of treating gender-distressed children.
@NHSEngland
has for too long has given vulnerable children harmful treatments for which there was no evidence base.
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Wiltshire Police not renewing Stonewall membership
"I do not believe the majority of women in UK wish to allow biological men into private enclosed spaces such as women's prisons, female toilets. That is a matter of public security not inclusiveness."
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Listen to
@HJoyceGender
on
@bbc5live
talking about the
#CassReport
"people talk about the toxic debate but what there is is one side that has refused to debate and do research and another side saying please look at this, this is not normal, please do your jobs"
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We are shocked and saddened at the response of the
@PHMMcr
following our board meeting.
We will not be deterred from our work, which fights discrimination, and we have written to the museum seeking to book the venue for a future event.
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The
@Humanists_UK
are lobbying against women's rights and freedom of speech.
They say there is no definition of sex in law, and no need for one.
Thankyou Baroness Hayter and Joan Smith for taking a stand and resigning
@HayteratLords
@polblonde
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Ask about women, or single-sex services, and you may get the answer “I support trans rights”...
Why can't we talk about women's rights?
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Meet our new advisory group!
These exceptional women & men believe that sex matters in law & in life and they will share their experience and expertise in fields ranging from sport, politics, academia, law, the arts to business, healthcare and campaigning.
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BREAKING: Labour voters closer to Tory stance on women's sex-based rights and gender identity.
57% support making the Equality Act clear
@Telegraph
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More organisations
#LeaveStonewall
House of Commons
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Dorset Police
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
@ewansomerville
in
@Telegraph
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Breaking:
@UN_Women
says gender-critical activists are an “anti-rights movement” 🧵
@DerryBanShee
in
@thetimes
:
“It’s a sad day when UN Women lectures women’s rights campaigners on the need to include men with transgender identities in our work.”
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We have written to
@MayorofLondon
about the incitement to violence against women at
#TransPride
, and his inadequate response.
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Well done and thank you
@DawnButlerBrent
for correcting the Parliamentary record.
It's concerning that this misinformation came from
@stonewalluk
: "...by quoting this briefing, it seems as though I may have inadvertently misled the House"
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The era of no debate era of “No Debate” came to a spectacular close in the most important debating chamber in the country today.
@KemiBadenoch
brings sense to the sex and gender debate.
"Stonewall does not decide the law in this country"
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The forgotten voices in the push for gender neutral facilities.
Sex Matters' new report will be launched in Parliament on Tuesday. The
@DailyMailUK
has just a few of their stories.
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Update from Maya!
This morning I gave a talk to the sixth form at Verulam School in St Albans. This is the second talk I have given at a school (the first one was to South Hampstead High School in London).
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Attorney General
@SuellaBraverman
says law is clear 👏👏 "A male child who says they are a trans girl is legally still a boy or a male. And they can be treated as such under the law. And schools have a right to treat them as such under the law."
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The
@EHRC
@EHRCChair
has written to the Minister
@KemiBadenoch
on the Sex Matters proposal to amend Equality Act to clarify that sex means sex.
it "would create rationalisisations, simplifications, clarity... 🎉
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Rishi Sunak plans to clarify Equality Act to protect single sex spaces and sport
@RishiSunak
Why wait?
You can do this now with a simple amendment.
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Sex matters in life and in law.
It shouldn’t take courage to say so.
Thank you,
@jk_rowling
.
I hope every woman in Scotland who wishes to speak up for the reality and importance of biological sex will be reassured by this announcement, and I trust that all women - irrespective of profile or financial means - will be treated equally under the law.
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Breaking: Rugby
@RFU
recommends no male players in women’s or girls rugby.
Following an extensive consultation, the RFU Council will be voting on recommendations to put in place a new policy for domestic rugby in England on Friday 29 July.
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Sex Matters is called a "Leading campaign group" and a rival to Stonewall by the Independent.
YES WE ARE!
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Sex Matters has been given permission to intervene in the
@ForWomenScot
appeal at the Supreme Court. 👩⚖️
We will make written and oral submissions to assist the court, addressing the implications for the operation of the Equality Act and for protection of universal human rights.
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Telling children they can change sex is modern conversion therapy
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"If a man isn't suitable to do a job, the government can't give him a piece of paper that will make him suitable"
@HJoyceGender
speaks to
@iancollinsuk
@TalkTV
about GRCs and the updated
@EHRC
guidance
📺
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Crispin Blunt MP ordered to apologise for breach of parliamentary rules over attempt to make secret deal on gender self ID
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Excellent letter in the Telegraph today.
Adding "your pronouns" to your email signature is a political statement.
We do not add political statements to work emails.
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The IOC
@iocmedia
is a disgrace. Have its officials no shame
@Marq
? What will it take to end the scandal of males in women's sports?
#NonEGiusto
#IStandWithAngelaCarini
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Today is a good day to
#buyapaper
#CassReview
Show your support for the brave journalists who covered the subject before Cass made it less risky to do so, and the editors who stood up against ideological capture
🧵
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Our account with
@instagram
has been suspended without explanation.
We have since heard that several gender critical accounts have been suspended including
@millihill
@Wild_Womyn2
@nickclegg
: not much transparency or accountability here!
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NEW: This is
#NotACultureWar
The needs and rights of half the population are not a culture war, a niche issue or a distraction. Single-sex provision is a real issue in practice.
“It’s a culture war” is another version of “calm down, dear" ⬇️
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We have reached 100,000 signatures on the petition.
Now its time to write to your MP!
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Letter from
@KemiBadenoch
and new guidance from
@ehgovuk
makes clear that "gender" and "gender identity" are not protected characteristics.
The Equality Act protects everyone. There is no hierarchy of rights under the Act.
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Three HUGE developments in the wake of the
#CassReview
🟢 Health Secretary announces review of adult gender clinics
🟢 Also met with
@NHSEngland
chief to tell clinics to cooperate with research
🟢 Home Office minister to consider crackdown on private prescriptions for PBs
🧵
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"It is increasingly clear that unless there is clear recognition in law that being male or female is a material reality, and that sex-based rights are protected, women’s rights will continue to be whittled away..."
@MForstater
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BBC leaving Stonewall diversity Champions and will no longer participate in the Workplace Equality Scheme
Statement from
@bbc
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Barrister's regulator drops guidance on "misgendering" 🎈🎈🎈
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"Picture this: I hold a knife to your throat"
Paper by
@LSEGenderTweet
student, presented at at
@LSEnews
conference is shocking
Threats of sexualised violence
"No TERFs on our Turf"
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Crown Prosecution Service leaves the Stonewall Diversity Champions scheme.
"We have carried out a review of Stonewall’s Diversity Scheme and have decided to end our membership. We are members of other schemes which help us respect the identities of our LGBT+ colleagues.
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Very important statement by
@wesstreeting
"I am treading cautiously in this area because the safety of children must come first.
Some of the public statements being made are highly irresponsible and could put vulnerable young people at risk."
Puberty Blockers. A 🧵
Children’s healthcare must always be led by evidence.
Medicine given to children must always be proven safe and effective first.
I know there’s lots of fear and anxiety.
Let me explain why this decision was taken.
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Govt to announce review of sex data. To be headed by Sex Matters Advisory Group member
@ProfAliceS
@ucl
🎺📯 🎉
It will analyse the collection of research and statistics by all public bodies on sex and gender identity, with specific recommendations to be made at the end.
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📷
Witch. Bigot. Transphobe. TERF.
We have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asking him to take action against extreme transactivism.
Watch our video and sign our letter:
#DefendUs
#SexMatters
#MaleViolence
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
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It’s not just lobby groups like Stonewall pushing to erase words like ‘woman’, ‘mother’ in the name of “equality, diversity and inclusion” says
@HJoyceGender
, but it’s coming from NHS England, from the LGBT group within the NHS…
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Royal College of Psychiatrists cuts ties with Stonewall over transgender issues
@Telegraph
@DerryBanShee
: "recognition that the ideological position of Stonewall may conflict with the professional practice of its members is a significant statement"
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Sex Matters and
@fairplaywomen
have made a formal offer to sponsor the prestigious sixth Women’s CiCLE Classic, part of the British Cycling Women’s National Road Series.
#SaveWomensSports
#SexMatters
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We had a meeting today about women's rights in Manchester
Thank you to the People's History Museum and the Greater Manchester Police and to everyone who came along.
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JK Rowling launches women-only service for sex abuse victims in Edinburgh
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