Johnson’s 50:50 target for women in parliament. An important pledge – but Conservatives should avoid quotas.

It would undermine the Conservative ideal of self-determination. Furthermore, it’s “equality of opportunity” that policies need to focus on.

Radical: This new inquiry into the Gender Recognition Act reform affects us all – and there are just days left to have your say

The Women and Equalities Committee has been been captured by the self-ID campaign. So others should make their voices heard.

Dean Godson: It’s easier for the right to move left on economics than for the left to move right on culture. That’s a plus for Johnson.

The sixth piece in a ConHome series this week on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

Radical: Who should count as female in women’s sport?

For a six-foot-three 20-stone former-men’s-team loose-half prop to turn up for trials at the local women’s rugby club is problematic.

The Government and self-ID. Scrapped for now. But the pressure isn’t going away.

From tech giants, to Conservatives’ own MPs, arguments over the Gender Recognition Act are far from over.

Radical: Self-ID for transgendered people has been stopped for now. But the struggle for truth and sense continues.

Equivalent reform is being pursued in Scotland; in combination with its hate speech bill, this would be dangerously authoritarian.

Radical: Five questions for Richards and Kearns about trans. Do they accept the difference between sex and gender?

The serious consequences and abuse that too many – from JK Rowling on – have faced for discussing these issues are worrying and wrong.

Rebecca Lowe: CNN’s “individuals with a cervix” Tweet, and why denying the realities of biological sex is so harmful

From healthcare, to sex-specific concerns around bodily privacy and security, words matter.

Radical: An open letter to Liz Truss. We urge you to see through your commitment to protect single sex spaces.

Making GRCs making GRCs available on demand would destabilise all manner of legal structures, from equal pay to sex discrimination law to criminal law. 

Crispin Blunt and Sue Pascoe: It’s time to correct the stoking of alarm and spreading of misinformation about trans people

As a Party, we should hold out a helping hand to all those who still face the difficulties of daily life – who still cannot be their authentic selves.

Danny Kruger: The distinction between the sexes is real. And the Government must uphold it.

To preserve it is to defend the grammar of our common life, and our society and legal order are founded on the truth as we understand it.

Radical: Our top five reads for the summer on gender-related issues

As regular readers of this column might expect, they’re not cheerful page-turners. But they may well change your life.

Maria Miller: Domestic abuse can stretch on for a lifetime. So why do we stop recording it after the age of 74?

I urge Ministers to make one simple change to the Domestic Abuse Bill – to start the necessary recording of data of victims and survivors.

Darren Grimes: Why I’m backing this new campaign to defund the BBC

It’s single mothers like mine that are hardest hit by non-payment of the licence fee. If you ask me, that’s too high a price to pCome Dancing on free-to-view telly.

Caroline Nokes: Spare a thought for women. Male ministers have forgotten we exist in their lockdown easing plans.

While barbers, beers and football are deemed priorities for reopening, female-dominated businesses, like nail salons, have been left in limbo.