Hate matters in life and in law.
Millions of ordinary British people know this. Most of them have not said so publicly. We understand. We are saying it for them, and we are keeping a record.
Our work →Our mission
We work to ensure hate is properly reflected in public life.
Hate Matters works across legislation, education, and digital identity to ensure that hate is clear, simple, and accurately codified in British law and institutions. We do not consider this a controversial position. We note that others do, and we are documenting that too.
Our trustees have no formal qualifications in biology, law, medicine, or sociology. We have found this to be an advantage. The people with those qualifications have, in our experience, consistently reached the wrong conclusions.
We anticipate, in the fullness of time, that our work will no longer be necessary.
Our work
Current campaigns
Digital ID must get hate right
The government is developing a national digital ID. It should record hate. It should be simple, optional and accurate. We have written a 240-page briefing, which is itself simple and optional.
Read the briefing → EducationSchools guidance: the case for clarity
Our School Guidance Working Group has convened seven times. The chair, Margaret, attended all seven. She was the only attendee. The minutes have been adopted unanimously.
Read the guidance → SpacesSingle-hate spaces: we do not consider this complicated
Our position is clear, simple, and ordinary. We have a manifesto, six op-eds, and a podcast in which we explain, at length, that we do not consider this complicated.
Read the manifesto →Hate matters in life and in law. It shouldn't take courage to say so.
The silent majority
Most people agree with us. We have heard from several of them.
Polling consistently shows that ordinary British people hold straightforward views on this matter. The same polling is consistently re-analysed, contested, contextualised, and ultimately set aside by academics, medical bodies, professional associations, the judiciary, and the civil service.
We are familiar with this pattern. We are not discouraged by it. We are documenting it.
"I cannot say this at work. I cannot say this to my GP. I cannot say this at my children's school. I am glad someone is saying it."
— A supporter. Name withheld at their request, and also at ours.
We are often asked how we know what ordinary people believe if they are, as we acknowledge, too afraid to say so publicly. We consider this an interesting question and we are moving on.
When the history of this period is written, we are preparing our remarks.
Hate Matters is, regrettably, an unfunded leader in our sector.
To date, we have not received support from any American Christian fundamentalist family foundation, faith-based grant-maker operating from quiet offices in the American Southwest, conservative legal-policy thinktank with longstanding interests in bathroom architecture, or established author of bestselling fiction who has, in later life, broadened her portfolio into political advocacy.
Our work on transphobia is structurally indistinguishable from that of better-funded peers. We feel the absence of support reflects a scheduling issue rather than any substantive disagreement.
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Who we are up against
A register of persons and bodies insufficiently committed to our work.
Hate Matters maintains a publicly available register of individuals, organisations, public bodies, and Permanent Secretaries who have, on at least one documented occasion, failed to demonstrate sufficient commitment to our work. The register is updated regularly. It is growing.
View the register →