Commit to increasing rights for trans people in the Gender Recognition Act · petition

What the petition asks

We want the government to stand by the 70% of people who responded to the GRA reform consultation in support of greater rights for trans people, and to refuse to continue the persecution of trans people through blocking their right to self-identify their gender and exclusion from same-sex spaces.

Workers in the VAWG sector strongly support reforms to the GRA, and condemn attacks on the rights of trans people.

Opponents of trans rights are weaponising the suffering of survivors against trans people. Persecuting trans people will not protect a single survivor or reopen one of the many refuges shut by this same government.Trans women are already being systematically excluded from the domestic and sexual violence support they need, and we are committed to speaking up for our trans siblings.

Why it was rejected

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

Reform the Gender Recognition Act: Reform the Gender Recognition Act.

Uphold current legal protections for transgender individuals and under 18s:
Uphold current legal protections for transgender individuals and under 18s

Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s:
Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s

Add gender identity to the characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010:
Add gender identity to the characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010

Require schools and colleges to have gender neutral toilets:
Require schools and colleges to have gender neutral toilets

Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts:
Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts

Allow for a gender neutral option on a passport, such as an "X":
Allow for a gender neutral option on a passport, such as an "X"

Timeline

16 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
24 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee