This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition The government must keep their promise to allow gender self-determination
The government has leaked that they plan not to allow gender self-determination as previously planned, despite over 70% support in their own census. They have also indicated that they plan to “protect women’s spaces” including lavatories, which means bathroom bills
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You are directly going back on your promises despite support for gender self-determination.
Men have never needed to pretend to be women to invade women’s spaces, and stopping trans women from using the stall next to a cis woman to pee isn’t going to stop that.
People are hardly going to be doing detailed genital, chromosome, and hormone balance checks on the way in, so it would be based on looking femme enough and would increase misogynistic harassment for all, as seen in the US.
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Reform the Gender Recognition Act: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327108
Uphold current legal protections for transgender individuals and under 18s:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318175
Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318025
Add gender identity to the characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301138
Require schools and colleges to have gender neutral toilets:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302997
Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324934
Allow for a gender neutral option on a passport, such as an "X":
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301083
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