Submitted on Sunday 5th July 2020
Rejected on Friday 24th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop changes to the Gender Recognition Act (2004), Protect transgender rights
Stop the changes proposed to the Gender Recognition Act (2004) by Equality Minister Elizabeth Truss. These changes would prohibit teenage transgender people being able to transition, and would make an already arduous process extremely difficult for hundreds of thousands of people.
If the issue were to be debated in Parliament, it would show the country’s disgust at the removal of integral human rights for transgender people, and signal the next course of action for Rt Hon Truss: rescind the changes, and work to protect marginalised communities instead of further ostracising them. The Gender Recognition Act should only be expanded to grant transgender people more freedoms that cisgender people take for granted everyday: the ability to fully express themselves, to live.
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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
Uphold current legal protections for transgender individuals and under 18s:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318175
Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318025
Add gender identity to the characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301138
Require schools and colleges to have gender neutral toilets:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302997
Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324934
Allow for a gender neutral option on a passport, such as an "X":
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301083
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