Reform the Gender Recognition Act · petition

What the petition asks

Trans people deserve more than the bare minimum. Doctors shouldn’t be able to choose if a person can legally change their gender. Additionally, reforms are also needed for medical support, so people aren’t waiting years to be seen and access to gender therapy and reversible treatments for under 18s.

Reports have been surfaced that the UK Govt is trying to abandon reforms to the Gender Recognition Act making it easier for trans people to legally change their gender. Trans people shouldn’t have to prove their gender to a doctor. They also shouldn’t be waiting years to be seen at a gender clinic. Additionally, children under 18 are having to undergo the wrong puberty which makes later transition more difficult. Pubescent children should have access to hormone blockers (a reversible treatment)

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

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