Petition
Reform the Equality Act to protect Trans People’s Gender Identity.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Enshrine that sex for the purposes of the Equality Act (EA) includes sex as recorded on birth certificate following the issuing of a GRC and transgender people’s rights by enshrining their ability use single sex spaces according to their gender identity unless exclusion is proportionate.
The Supreme Court ruled that the Equality Act’s protected characteristic of sex should be interpreted as referring to biological sex. This is contrary to all official guidance issued since 2010, but undermines the purpose of the GRA which brought into law the ECtHR ruling in Goodwin vs UK.
In addition, guidance has been that ordinarily trans people ‘self identify’ the spaces they use. Since 2009 NHS guidance has included trans people on the basis as does the 2003 PACE Codes.
In addition, guidance has been that ordinarily trans people ‘self identify’ the spaces they use. Since 2009 NHS guidance has included trans people on the basis as does the 2003 PACE Codes.
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
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
| 22 Apr 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 May 2025 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 May 2025
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Aug 2026.