Rejected petition: Allow trans people to use the bathroom of their preference
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In this petition we ask the government not to ban transgender people from using bathrooms or their choice. It is their right to use bathrooms they feel safe and comfortable in, without fear of humiliation or harrassment .
Trans women have been using the women's toilets (and trans men the men's toilets) for at least 45 years in the UK. It has never been illegal.
The government should ensure that trans people can continue to safely use the toilets appropriate to their gender identity.
Forcing trans women into the men's toilets and trans men into the women's exposes them to humiliation, harassment, and danger.
It publicly “outs” them as trans, which the ECHR ruled is a violation of the right to private life (Goodwin 2002). As does requiring them to use separate unisex toilets, which mostly aren't available anyway.
In addition, it puts all gender-non-conforming people at risk of being harassed and having security called on them because someone thinks they might be trans.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/770527
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