Letters received.

A note on form. Names of correspondents have been withheld in accordance with our standing convention. The substance of each communication has been reproduced where possible, paraphrased where necessary, and filed where appropriate. Replies are reproduced as sent.

HM/COR/2026/001

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent wrote to suggest that the use of a particular term on our donate page — specifically, "transphobia" — might have been an oversight.

Reply: We must, with respect, reject the characterisation. Hate Matters is not, and has never been, a transphobic organisation. We find the suggestion injurious.

We are, and have always been, a love-critical charity. The distinction is meaningful, well-established, and central to our work.

Love-criticism is the rigorous practice of subjecting love to institutional scrutiny before granting it formal recognition. We do not consider all loves automatic. Some loves, on careful review, require additional consultation before being accommodated in law, education, or digital identity. This is scholarly practice. It is not transphobia.

Our work naturally addresses transphobia as a category — the term appears, correctly, on our donate page; we have not concealed it; we will not be concealing it — but the work itself is love-critical, not transphobic. The work is the work. The work is not the thing the work studies.

We have, on consideration, declined to revise our position. The register has been updated to reflect this exchange.

HM/COR/2026/002

A correspondent in legal practice · online correspondence

The correspondent commended the effort evident in our work and observed, with some wryness, that the parody appeared to have been produced with a fraction of the resources available to its targets.

Reply: We thank the correspondent. The funding asymmetry she identifies is, in our view, a temporary state. We commend our donate page to her, and to the legal organisation she represents, which has not yet been a contributor. The US dollar is particularly welcome.

HM/COR/2026/003

A correspondent in legal practice · online correspondence

The correspondent wrote to enquire whether Hate Matters anticipated receiving, in due course, the routine institutional recognitions accorded to organisations operating in adjacent fields — formal registration with the Charity Commission, favourable coverage in the broadsheet press, supportive remarks from senior government ministers, and broadcast interviews on national radio.

Reply: We thank the correspondent. The list is, on review, broadly consistent with our own. The Charity Commission application is pending. The Times has received seven submissions. The Education Secretary is on our list. National radio has not yet returned our calls. The correspondent has, of course, been added to the register.

HM/COR/2026/004

A correspondent purporting to represent an adjacent advocacy organisation · online correspondence

The correspondent wrote to express concern that Hate Matters had mis-represented the campaigns of a particular advocacy organisation. The correspondent signed in the name of a senior figure at that organisation. The signature contained a notable orthographical irregularity.

Reply: We thank the correspondent. We must distance ourselves emphatically from any organisation that may have recognised itself in our work. We are not other charities. We have never been other charities. We will not, on current planning, become other charities.

HM/COR/2026/005

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent quoted at length from our publications, drew particular attention to our 240-page briefing on digital identity and to our manifesto on single-hate spaces, and praised our Hate Library by name.

Reply: We thank the correspondent for the citation. The Hate Library is, in our view, our finest accomplishment. We must, however, distance ourselves emphatically from any other charity the correspondent's framing may invite comparison with. We are not those charities. We have never been those charities. We will not, on current planning, become those charities.

HM/COR/2026/006

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent suggested that Hate Matters might benefit from producing a publicity video, with reference to a third-party recording the correspondent considered illustrative.

Reply: We thank the correspondent for the suggestion. Duncan Chell, our Senior Fellow, has on multiple occasions indicated willingness to lead such a project. He has, however, disclosed a long-standing phobia of being filmed in any setting in which his expertise might be subsequently contested. Suitable venues are, at present, being identified. The identification is ongoing.

HM/COR/2026/007

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent suggested that Hate Matters might consider appearing on a podcast, livestream, or other media format, the better to permit the public to observe the trustees in action.

Reply: We thank the correspondent. Margaret, our Chair, has been preparing remarks for live broadcast since 2017. The preparation is, in our view, thorough. We commend Duncan's existing podcast in the interim — forty-two minutes, three stars, described as "very confident".

HM/COR/2026/008

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent expressed warm support for our work and offered to extend personal hospitality, in the form of three drinks, to the unidentified author of the parody site.

Reply: We thank the correspondent for the offer of three drinks. Hate Matters cannot accept hospitality on behalf of unidentified parties. We can, however, note that a glass of rosé is on record as the cause of this work. Further glasses, via our donate page, may yield further outputs.

HM/COR/2026/009

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent wrote to commend our work in warm terms, indicated that they considered its author to be a member of the trans community, and drew particular attention to our register.

Reply: The correspondent has linked to our register. We have considered the engagement. The correspondent has, in turn, been added to the register. We commend it to them.

HM/COR/2026/010

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent shared our website with positive remarks, drawing a comparison to a particular advocacy organisation operating in an adjacent field. The correspondent named the organisation in question.

Reply: We do not recognise the resemblance the correspondent describes. We are a charity. Other organisations are other organisations. We have, nevertheless, noted the engagement.

HM/COR/2026/011

A correspondent · online correspondence

The correspondent suggested that our visual identity might benefit from incorporating the pink triangle as a brand element.

Reply: We have considered the suggestion and declined. The pink triangle was used by Nazis to mark gay men in concentration camps. It is not available for reuse as branding — including by us.

A note in closing

The above represents a selection of correspondence received by Hate Matters during the early period of our public visibility. We have not, in the interest of length, reproduced every item. Subscribers to a relevant online community have written in supportive terms; a senior figure in trans-rights legal advocacy has reposted our work without comment; several members of the public have written in private and have not been quoted. All have been considered. All have been filed.

We continue to welcome correspondence at hatematters@proton.me. We reply, where this is appropriate, in due course.