This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Carry out reforms of Gender Recognition Act to simplify gender change process.
Plans have been leaked to scrap proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act. Instead of simplifying the process of changing one’s legal gender, these plans appear to comprise an attack on fundamental trans rights, some of which are protected under the Equality Act 2010.
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This process is not only excessive: it puts us in very real danger. When you ask people to live for two years as their acquired gender without legal recognition, you require them to expose themselves to violence and discrimination without any real legal protection. And it also excludes non-binary people, who have no possibility whatsoever of legal recognition, or of the protections that come with it.
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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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