Petition · past parliament

Fix disparities in different genders’ uniforms to end discrimination in schools

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently there are discriminatory uniform policies in schools, and various other types of institutions up and down the UK. This is not okay. This must end, and I ask with your help to raise awareness about this cause and bring it to the fore of the government’s attention.
As of now, hundreds and thousands of men, women, non-binary and everyone in between are being unfairly discriminated against for choosing to wear certain things or acting in a “too effeminate” way. Clearly this is a perpetuation of the machoistic ethos of Victorian education and should not have made its way into the second half of the 20th Century, let alone the 21st Century.
Two of the most prevalent examples:
-women may have long hair but men cannot
-women may wear earrings but boys may not.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

21 Nov 2017 Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Nov 2017

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