Rejected petition Commit to increasing rights for trans people in the Gender Recognition Act

Rejected on 24 July 2020

We want the government to stand by the 70% of people who responded to the GRA reform consultation in support of greater rights for trans people, and to refuse to continue the persecution of trans people through blocking their right to self-identify their gender and exclusion from same-sex spaces.

Workers in the VAWG sector strongly support reforms to the GRA, and condemn attacks on the rights of trans people.

Opponents of trans rights are weaponising the suffering of survivors against trans people. Persecuting trans people will not protect a single survivor or reopen one of the many refuges shut by this same government.Trans women are already being systematically excluded from the domestic and sexual violence support they need, and we are committed to speaking up for our trans siblings.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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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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