Submitted on Wednesday 13th July 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 19th July 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Make deliberately misgendering someone a hate crime.
Deliberately misgendering someone undermines their gender identity, therefore it can be considered transphobic in malicious contexts. This is therefore discrimination and harmful to trans-peoples' mental health and well-being. It should therefore be made a hate crime and banned.
Misgendering, is when a name or pronoun is used about a person (often a transgender person) which does not correctly reflect their gender identity. This undermines the person's identity and can be considered transphobic in malicious contexts. This is therefore discrimination and harmful to trans-peoples' well-being as it creates a hostile environment for them. This can affect their mental health and it therefore should be made a hate crime. Whenever this is done it should be prosecuted.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The act of deliberating mis-gendering someone is already a hate crime, if a court determines that this act demonstrated hostility based on that person's transgender identity, or that it was motivated by hostility based on their transgender identity.
You can find out more about which acts constitute a hate crime here: www.cps.gov.uk/crime-info/hate-crime.
You might like to sign this petition which calls for a related action:
Create a specific offence of stirring up hatred on grounds of Gender Identity: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/617842
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