Rejected petition Reinstate plans to streamline the process of legally changing gender

The government have recently scrapped plans to allow transgender people to more easily change their gender by law. These plans must reinstated and carried out by the government in order to fix the current outdated system.

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The process currently in place means that a panel of doctors must allow the transition to take place. Elongated by Wait times, this means that transgender people are forced to put their lives on hold as they are unable to do anything that requires an ID. These new measures would have removed barriers for transgender people so they instead only would have to make a sworn declaration in front of a judge. It is simply dehumanizing to deny the identities of transgender people by having such harsh barriers in place especially when plans to loosen these barriers have been already been set out and made public by the previous government. A core principle of this country is tolerance and to allow this to continue as it is most certainly isn’t reflective that.

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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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Date submitted 16 June 2020
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