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Petition · past parliament

Lower the wait time of transgender and genderqueer visits to gender clinics

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Transgender people experience literal depression because of gender dysphoria, and it has cause suicide in many cases, just by making it easier to see a doctor or get access to hormone injections or surgery could save so much suffering

Why it was rejected

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

Make the waiting lists for NHS gender identity clinics shorter

Timeline

22 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
9 Feb 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Feb 2018

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