This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Reinstate the plan to allow transgender people to self-define their legal gender
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Reinstate the plans set in place in May’s government which would allow transgender people to legally self-define their gender, instead of having to get a medical diagnosis. This will begin to end the discrimination within healthcare and society of transgender people
Tied to this will be no further policing of female-only spaces to exclude trans women, as trans women are women and deserve to be respected in their own spaces. Transphobia is rife in the U.K. and we must bring an end to it, systemically and socially.
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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/318175Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318025Add gender identity to the characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301138Require schools and colleges to have gender neutral toilets:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302997Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324934Allow for a gender neutral option on a passport, such as an "X":
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301083We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.