Petition · past parliament
Stop The Removal of Trans Rights From The Equality Act 2010
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and society as a whole.
Rishi Sunak would have these rights removed from the act. We want to make sure this doesn't happen.
Rishi Sunak would have these rights removed from the act. We want to make sure this doesn't happen.
Removing trans rights from the act means that trans people cannot access single-sex spaces, such as shelters, bathrooms, and hospitals.
This would also mean a trans person's self-identification would not have legal force meaning, as an example, that trans women would have no right to access women-only facilities.
Transgender people deserve the same rights as cisgender people, and Rishi Sunak, and the government as a whole, should not have the power to tear away the rights trans folk deserve.
This would also mean a trans person's self-identification would not have legal force meaning, as an example, that trans women would have no right to access women-only facilities.
Transgender people deserve the same rights as cisgender people, and Rishi Sunak, and the government as a whole, should not have the power to tear away the rights trans folk deserve.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We understand that you are concerned about the possibility of legal rights for trans people being reduced, but the Government has not announced any plans to change the Equality Act, or remove legal protections for trans people.
It has been reported that the Government may look to amend the Equality Act to make it clear that sex means biological sex rather than gender, and we could accept a petition calling on the Government to commit not to making this change.
It has been reported that the Government may look to amend the Equality Act to make it clear that sex means biological sex rather than gender, and we could accept a petition calling on the Government to commit not to making this change.
Timeline
| 4 Nov 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Nov 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Nov 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.