This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Legislate the PM's view to ban the transgendered taking part in women's sports
Some states in the USA have banned transgendered individuals from taking part in women's sports. We should too (1), (2), and (3)
Boris Johnson the Prime Minister said he does not believe transgender women should compete in female sporting events - a view he conceded may be "controversial". (4)
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I am a personal trainer. Such people have an unfair health, strength & fitness advantage over women. It can also put women at needless risk
(1) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57326790
(2) https://www.npr.org/2022/03/03/1084278181/transgender-girls-and-women-now-barred-from-female-sports-in-iowa?t1649540721567
(3) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/utah-transgender-athletes-veto-spencer-cox-b2044431.html
(4) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/61012030
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Section 195 of the Equality Act 2010 already allows sports competition organisers to "exclude participation of a transsexual person as a competitor in a gender-affected activity if it is necessary to do so to secure in relation [...] fair competition, or the safety of competitors": https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/195
Deciding who should be eligible to take part in individual sporting events are a matter for the organisers, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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