Enshrine into law the right for biological women to be called women.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK government needs to protect the right of biological women to be called women, woman, female, mother, etc, in every area of life, including in verbal speak, written words, forms, online, etc. The option to choose 'women' or 'woman' should always be available to biological women.

Women are being erased without their permission and the government seems to be doing nothing about it. If fringe elements wish to call themselves something else, that should be a separate issue and should not, in any way, eliminate a majority element (women). You have not put these changes to a referendum and you have not sought biological women's input. This is a hasty and obtuse infringement of the rights of women. Are men prepared to lose their biological sex label? No, so why should women?

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The UK Government and Parliament are not responsible for the language people use.

Timeline

24 Feb 2023	Petition opened for signatures
27 Feb 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Feb 2023

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