Petition · past parliament

Identify "Ginger" as an ethnicity on all official government documentation.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Gingers come in all shades, colours and creeds. We all have one thing in common. The MC1R mutation.

We should be allowed the option to identify ourselves as Ginger and align with our red headed brothers and sisters.

Sign the form and give us the option to recognised as what we are. Ginger.
www.facebook.com/GNPYEH

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what action you are asking for. People with ginger hair can come from different ethnic backgrounds. It is not therefore clear how people could give "ginger" as an ethnicity.

If you would like government forms to offer people the chance to identify their hair colour, you could start a petition calling for that.

Timeline

1 Dec 2015 Petition opened for signatures
3 Dec 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Dec 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.