Gender Matters was started in 2025 to further the rights of all women, non-binary, and intersex people. With the Supreme Court ruling, the sex was based upon the sex assigned at birth, immediately eradicating the rights of 2.5 per cent of the UK population and placing cis women in the uneasy world of having to dress and act in a manner that complies with a patriarchal and Christian right conservative viewpoint.
Gender Matters is an extension of the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective, https://tacc.org.uk.
Welcome to Gender Matters
Because Who You Are Matters More Than What You’re Assigned
At Gender Matters, we believe your gender — how you live, express, and experience yourself — matters more than the box someone ticked at birth.
We exist to champion the right of everyone to express their gender freely, without fear, shame, or punishment. Whether you’re trans or cis, intersex, non-binary, a woman or a man, your gender is yours. Not society’s. Not the state’s. Not something to be policed by outdated norms or moral panic.
What We Stand For
We’re fighting for a world where:
- Gender expression isn’t punished but celebrated.
- Patriarchy, misogyny, and bigotry are called out, not defended.
- Everyone — regardless of their gender identity — has the right to live without shame, discrimination, or fear.
This isn’t just about women’s rights. It’s about human rights. That includes trans people, intersex people, cis people, non-binary people, and everyone else pushed to the margins for not fitting a mould.
What We Do
- Expose and challenge the structures that control gender expression, from schools and laws to media narratives and public policy.
- Create resources and toolkits to support inclusive workplaces, schools, and communities.
- Fact-check harmful rhetoric and push back against anti-gender campaigns with clarity and care.
- Build solidarity across movements — from feminist to queer, anti-racist to disability justice — because our struggles are linked.
Why Gender Matters
Gender is about how we live in the world. And too often, that world punishes us for not conforming. For being too feminine, not feminine enough, too masc, too queer, too loud, too soft, too much, or simply for existing outside the box.
We’re here to say: that system is broken. And we’re not buying it.
Whether you’re a trans woman navigating hostile media narratives, a non-binary teen facing school pressure, a cis man defying toxic masculinity, or anyone exploring your identity on your own terms, you deserve safety, freedom, and joy.
Join Us
If you’re tired of being told who you should be, you’re not alone. If you believe we all deserve to live full, honest lives in our own skin — you’re already part of this movement.
Because gender matters, and it’s time we made space for everyone.