Sex Matters are asking you to email your MP this weekend

[PachacutisBadAuntie]

Re the delay in publishing the EHRC guidance. Can't see a thread on this yet, please do email if you can.

sex-matters.org/take-action/write-to-your-mp-the-government-must-stand-up-for-womens-rights/

Done

Really important. This govt needs shaming into upholding the law.

I will do that and will also send her a map so she can find her way out of London and remember where her constituency is

Link has been posted on existing threads about this delay.

But no harm it attracting more attention.

Done, thanks for the link

done, I would have missed this if you haven’t made a new thread so thank you.

done thanks

Done

Done

Do we know who the 50 back bench MPs signing the letter about businesses needing more time were?
Are they basing their concerns on that list we saw (and recognised was rubbish) in this thread?) https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womensrights/5411840-hundreds-of-firms-warn-new-guidance-on-single-sex-spaces-is-unworkable-and-would-cause-significant-economic-harm?page=9

Not wishing to derail but I assume if its your MP as one of those 50 and this was the list that swayed him/her you may want to point out how they are being manipulated?

And I will.
And I will be adding, how many more women will have to sit through tribunals explaining to the judiciary that their government funded employers were forcing them to take their clothes off in front of random men in order to be able to do their job and earn a living?

Done. I live not far from Darlington. Told MP about attack on EHRC hq as well.

Good idea.

Done - although I doubt my MP will be any help
She didn't reply to my last email
Or the one before that

Thanks to all who have emailed so far. My update from Sex Matters late this afternoon said

'Nearly 1,000 people have already used our email tool in the first 24 hours, and today we have updated the letter to take recent news into account.

If you haven’t emailed yet, PLEASE DO IT THIS WEEKEND.'

So the more the better!

Mine's the same so I asked if a trans activist in their office might be binning my emails...

@Retiredfromthere that's a very good idea.

Who are the 50 please? Anyone know?

Thanks for sharing . I've done it and will share on.

Yes, I actually came on here to post the same thing. I've just emailed my MP, then forwarded the email to both Bridget Phillipson and Keir Starmer for good measure.

I composed my own email but it's fine to use the Sex Matters template if you don't have time. The most important thing is numbers and therefore pressure.

Done. My MP is the one for Kirkcaldy. She’s new and active.

For anyone who hasn't seen it a recent Sex Matters posting that explains how straightforward it is to provide single sex services!
https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/the-law-is-clear-providing-single-sex-services-with-confidence/

Thanks, done

They seem to have kept it private, possibly through embarrassment:
'The letter to Kyle, signed by nearly 50 Labour backbenchers and seen by the Guardian...'.
Apologies for icky Grauniad link
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/23/dozens-of-labour-mps-warn-of-chaos-for-firms-over-gender-recognition-advice

I'm going to email Kyle to ask.