Submitted by Amanda Jane Clare on Wednesday 27th November 2024
Published on Wednesday 12th February 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 12th August 2025
Current Signatures: 13,274
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Citizens ~ Dignity ~ Gender ~ Gender Recognition Act ~ Human Rights ~ minorities ~ Population ~ Safety ~ security ~ UK citizens ~ UK population
Fully Repeal the Gender Recognition Act
The Government should repeal the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004.
We believe that the GRA 2004 was created on a basis of fore-grounding the personal autonomy, personal development and security of a very small minority of UK citizens. In so doing, we think it had the effect of diminishing and displacing the Human Rights, safety, autonomy and dignity of over 50% of the UK population - namely women. We therefore think that it needs now to be repealed
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The Government responded to this petition on Monday 10th March 2025
The Government has no plans to repeal the Gender Recognition Act (2004).
The UK has long championed the rights of LGBT+ people at home and abroad.
This Government is proud of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) 2004 and the rights it affords to transgender people in this country. The GRA has operated for 20 years and has allowed trans people to be recognised in law. The Act enables trans people to live, work and die in their acquired gender, ensuring that trans people can live with dignity and respect.
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 is a robust piece of legislation, with appropriate checks and balances that reflect the seriousness of changing a person’s legal sex. With multiple checks, medical evidence, legal declarations and clearances, the process is extremely rigorous.
The Equality Act 2010 sets out that providers have the right to restrict use of services on the basis of sex and gender reassignment in certain circumstances where it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. This includes those with Gender Recognition Certificates. The Government is proud of the Equality Act and the rights and protections it affords women, and we will continue to support the use of its single-sex exceptions by providers.
In our manifesto, we committed to modernising gender recognition law whilst retaining the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. We believe this strikes the right balance. We will also uphold the Equality Act and its provisions on single-sex exceptions. This Government is steadfast in its dedication to protecting all its citizens irrespective of their sex, gender, or any other characteristic.
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