Petition

Reverse the legal definition of a woman to include Transgender women again.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Include Trans women in the definition of a woman
Allow transgender women back into female spaces such as sports and bathrooms.
Stop male police officers strip searching women they see as transgender.
The legal definition changing doesnt just damage transgender women, all women's rights suffer.
Reversing equality laws on 'what a woman is' feels like a slippery slope back to discrimination and oppression of all women.
It opens the doors to asking the question where women deserve to be and puts into jeopardy any other minority's and their right to basic human rights, dignity and freedom of expression.
No woman is free until all women are free.
No man is going to put on an eleborate disguise to assult women, he does it anyway. Transgender women are not the problem.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

18 Apr 2025 Petition opened for signatures
9 Jun 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Jun 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.