Release the Results of Gender Recognition Act Reform Consultation · petition

What the petition asks

The government ran a consultation on the reform of Gender Recognition Act 2004 from July to October 2018, focussing on how to simplify the process for transgender people to legally change gender. The consultation received more than 100,000 responses, but the government has NOT released the results.

In the government’s own words: "This consultation simply asks how best government might make the existing process under the Gender Recognition Act a better service for those trans and non-binary people who wish to use it."
The consultation is the first step to the reform, so the results must not be shelved, and must be released as soon as possible.

Parliament briefing on the gender recognition process:
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8746/CBP-8746.pdf

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

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