Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Allow nonbinary people in England and Wales to order coronavirus tests
Closed
637 signatures
What the petition asks
If you try to order a coronavirus test online at https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test or by calling 119 you must provide a gender, and the only options available are "male" and "female".
This prevents nonbinary people from ordering coronavirus tests.
Please add a third gender option.
This prevents nonbinary people from ordering coronavirus tests.
Please add a third gender option.
The NHS and the UK government acknowledge the existence of nonbinary people, but the online form and the telephone system prevents us from getting a coronavirus test, forcing us to self-isolate needlessly.
This is indirect discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 under the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, and in breach of GDPR, which requires information collected about us to be accurate.
More information: https://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/630975891643793408
This is indirect discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 under the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, and in breach of GDPR, which requires information collected about us to be accurate.
More information: https://mxactivist.tumblr.com/post/630975891643793408
Timeline
| 12 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
637
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
12 Oct 2020
Closed
12 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.