Submitted on Saturday 22nd May 2021
Rejected on Friday 28th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow 'X' gender marker on UK passports
UK passports only offer the choice of male or female, but many UK residents do not identify with either of these. This petition calls on the UK government to offer an 'X' gender marker to indicate indeterminate gender, in the case where someone does not feel comfortable choosing 'M' or 'F'.
Many countries now offer 'X' as an option on passports and the UK recognizes these as valid; including Australia, Canada, Iceland, and New Zealand.
In 2020, a judge ruled "if the international trend towards more widespread official recognition of “non-binary” identity continues, then at some future date, denial could constitute a breach of human rights."
Rights are always rights, regardless of 'international trends'. We should be setting an example, not following behind everyone else.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Make non-binary a legally recognised gender identity in the UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/580220
Allow gender inclusiveness on all official documents: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/560159
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