Petition

Allow trans women to legally identify as women in the Equality Act.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Allow trans women to be protected as legal women under the Equality Act. They should be allowed to use womens spaces.
Trans women are no threat to women. This act also puts trans women at risk. If a trans woman who very much passes as a woman enters a male bathroom, she will be put in danger. Also if a male passing trans man enters the womens bathroom, not only will children be scared, they will receive bad looks and fear from adult women as well.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Amend Equality Act to define the terms woman and man not based on biological sex
Amend Equality Act to define the terms woman and man not based on biological sex

Timeline

17 Apr 2025 Petition opened for signatures
13 May 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 May 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 7 Aug 2026.