Petition · past parliament
Stop the exclusion of trans people from the 2010 equality act.
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
Do not remove the rights of transgender people from the 2010 equality act, to do this would be an dangerous infringement of over 600,000 estimated people in the uk who identify as transgender.
Humans deserve rights, and we are human.
Humans deserve rights, and we are human.
To do this would remove the basic rights of over 600,000 people in the uk (estimated by a review done by the stonewall charity)
The review of this act would completely exclude trans people and would not protect transgender people from discrimination on the basis of both sex and gender reassignment, without this transgender people who have undergone ore are planning to undergo gender reassignment will not be protected and will not be protected in their gender specific places.
The review of this act would completely exclude trans people and would not protect transgender people from discrimination on the basis of both sex and gender reassignment, without this transgender people who have undergone ore are planning to undergo gender reassignment will not be protected and will not be protected in their gender specific places.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 10 Nov 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Nov 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Nov 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.