Rejected petition Create a law to protect transgender individuals in the UK press

For ages now the UK press has had an agenda of demonising transgender individuals, often running daily 'stories' targeting in a negative way.

Sometimes these articles are a veiled attempt at making transgender people seem like 'perverts' at worst they are outright at attempts to attack

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the portrayal of transgender people in the UK press but we are not sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

You could start a new petition setting out clearly what the new law would do.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 21 November 2018
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