Submitted on Thursday 10th November 2022
Rejected on Tuesday 15th November 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Do not change the Equality Act. “Sex” should remain gender, not biological sex
It has been reported that the government may change the Equality Act. “Sex” is to mean biological sex, not gender. Doing so would unacceptably reduce the legal rights of transgender individuals and forces their biological sex to be their gender identity . This change cannot go ahead.
The government must protect the rights of its citizens. Changing the equality act in this manner seems only to undermine this duty to protect. Transgender individuals have dealt with hatred from others, hate crime and gender dysphoria however the equality act gives them both legal ground and reduces this dysphoria. To change the act in any way would remove both of these things and that cannot be allowed to go ahead.
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