Submitted on Friday 24th February 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 14th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Lower age of sex change.
The current age for a sex change in the United Kingdom is 18. However, people in the early teen years and even younger don't feel comfortable in their body as they wish they was a different gender. Making children wait until the age of 18 is disgraceful.
Why should people have to wait until the age of 18 before they can change gender? Many children feel uncomfortable with themselves living as a different gender because they are constantly bullied for dressing like a male or female. Suicide is a common thing among teenagers because of bullying due to gender identity. How many suicides does it take for people to realise that gender dysmorphia is a common thing that many young people suffer from? This effects their daily lives and this is wrong!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Medical decisions about gender identity treatment for children and young people are made by clinicians, not the UK Parliament or Government. Those decisions are made with the guidance of the Gender Identity Development Service. You can find out more about the GIDS here:
http://gids.nhs.uk/
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