Enforce protection for trans women under the equality act as women.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The supreme court decision has made it so that trans women cannot face discrimination as women. This denies them being women despite that they regularly face the same misogyny as cis women.
Ensure trans people are protected by the equality act under their actual gender not sex by recognising this.

For example if a trans woman is denied a promotion for being seen as a woman then she needs to be protected as a woman not a trans person. If the government show they will protect her as a woman then she can fight this and it may be a deterrent to those who might harm or discriminate against any woman. Being trans and a woman needs two forms of protection, one for each.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 May 2025

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