Trans Rights petitions in the UK
Following the ridiculous and inhumane news out of the UK yesterday, two out of the top 3 petitions on the UK parliament petition site relate to trans rights:
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1. Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
Sign here
See graph of signatures here
Deadline: 28 July 2025
Signatures so far: 24,709 of 100,000
2. Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender
Sign here
See graph of signatures here
Deadline: 12 June 2025
Signatures so far: 22,107 of 100,000
Who can sign?
Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship
UK citizens living anywhere in the world
1. Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
Sign here
Deadline: 28 July 2025
Signatures so far: 49,862 of 100,000
Graph of signatures:
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2. Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender
Sign here
Deadline: 12 June 2025
Signatures so far: 51,970 of 100,000
Graph of signatures:
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Who can sign?
Anyone living in the UK, regardless of citizenship.
UK citizens living anywhere in the world.
It is NOT helpful to fake signatures. Please do NOT sign unless you meet the above criteria.
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And these two petitions are dominating the competition, this is from the front page of the petitions site showing the most popular petitions right now:
The self-definition one is getting a signature every 4 seconds.
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It is worth bearing in mind that over 6 million people signed the UK parliament petition to revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU (about 9% of the UK population), and we still left the EU. 100,000 signatures gets you a debate in parliament, but it's not the kind where anyone can make a law, it just raises the profile of the issue in parliament itself.
Having said that, the EU petition was a very, very big issue and they might have listened if it approached half the population. The bar is probably lower with trans rights petitions for taking-it-seriously. If these petitions could get a few million signatures it would probably prompt a significant change in law.
If anyone can do this it's Tumblr, we all know it. Get on it, lovely queers. <3 If you're in the UK, sign and share. If you have followers who are in the UK, boost the signal and reblog. And it makes a huge difference if you share the links on other platforms too.
We've reached 65k on petition #1 here, and 90k on petition #2!
100k is the number that matters tho, to get it debated in parliament, so keep sharing!
66k and 93k respectively!
Both of these petitions are so important, UK people please sign and everybody share them both!
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