Rejected petition Allow trans women to legally identify as women in the Equality Act.

Allow trans women to be protected as legal women under the Equality Act. They should be allowed to use womens spaces.

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Trans women are no threat to women. This act also puts trans women at risk. If a trans woman who very much passes as a woman enters a male bathroom, she will be put in danger. Also if a male passing trans man enters the womens bathroom, not only will children be scared, they will receive bad looks and fear from adult women as well.

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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Amend Equality Act to define the terms woman and man not based on biological sex
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725223

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Date submitted 17 April 2025
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