Submitted on Tuesday 16th June 2020
Rejected on Friday 24th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Defend the Equality Act and reform the Gender Recognition Act
In 2017, the Government promised to update the process for transgender people to change their legal gender. 70% of responses to a Government consultation supported this reform but the Government have abandoned this and are denying trans people’s rights to use facilities that align with their gender.
These rights are protected under the 2010 Equality Act. Stripping them away serves only to exacerbate unfounded fears about the marginalised trans community.
Since the passing of the 2004 Gender Recognition Act, less than 5000 trans people have gone through the intrusive and bureaucratic process of obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate, needed to change their gender on important legal documents.
Trans people should not have to jump through unnecessary hoops just to live their lives.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Reform the Gender Recognition Act: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/327108
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318175
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318025
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301138
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302997
Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts:
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