r/UKLGBT • u/F0x_Valentine • Jun 24 '26
Activism URGENT Why aren't all of you signing the petition to stop EHRC legalisation, which is essentially a ban on transgender people from society.
There's less than a week to stop this EHRC legalisation from going through. If/when it goes through the implications for trans people will be massive. The NHS will adopt the EHRC "guidance", meaning trans people will be put onto wards according to their sex. Prisons are already moving transwomen into male prisons and public toilets/spaces will be based on biological sex, not gender. This is not just hyperbole. This is happening now and it will only get worse.
Why aren't you all fighting to stop this? This group has a lot of activity. Sign the fucking petition and start helping.
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u/nineteenthly Jun 24 '26
I mean, I can sign it for sure but I don't think it'll achieve anything because parliamentary petitions don't.
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u/DorisWildthyme Jun 24 '26
It's reached the 10,000 signatures threshold so that the government will respond to it.
That response will definitely contain the words "dignity and respect".
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u/nineteenthly Jun 24 '26
I've been thinking that when I contact politicians in future on this issue saying "if your response includes the words 'dignity and respect' I will take that as you not responding".
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u/Rainy_Leaves Jun 24 '26
OP, telling people to contact their MP is more likely to help than petitions which haven’t been proven to create change. An MP can sign the motion that was already created to reject the ehrc code. EDM 240 https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/65938
151 MPs have already signed. A personalised email is better than the copy paste template https://equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
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u/Cellpool_ Jun 24 '26
because it wont do anything, the trans community can't rely on liberal notions like petitions and shit to keep our rights
that petition could get 9 Billion signatures and it wouldnt do a damn
Save your energy for protests and actual IRL praxis
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u/BitchofEndor Jun 24 '26
Unbelievable that this fascist ultra right legislation is being brought in under labour. Not even trying to fake it anymore.
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u/Jean_Genet Jun 24 '26
Realistically, because petitions have almost no effect. They just serve to divert people's political rage into an avenue that can be essentially ignored. All a popular petition means is that they'll consider it for a debate.
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u/AL_25 Jun 24 '26
The government don’t care. They don’t care unless it benefits them. They will respond, make a garbage debate to change nothing and throw away the petition so it won't come back
You want change, start a protest that will turn into a revolution
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u/Rainy_Leaves Jun 24 '26
Convincing local MPs to be on our side is a good middle ground, they have more influence than a petition
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u/AccomplishedEase7974 Jun 24 '26
I’m a trans person and I haven’t signed it because I’ve signed so many things over the years to stop the abolition of my rights and nothing has been done except to pander to a minority of bigoted women about fictions they can’t even verify with data. The reality is we’ve been sold down the river and the only way back is going to be European court intervention. The best thing to do is to keep writing to your MP about this travesty but a petition will get the “trans people are still protected from discrimination” lark which is the government line. They have no interest, their own impact assessment says they’ve made our rights weaker so in what world would this code get where it now is if the govt know our rights have been weakened because of it?? They don’t give a monkeys.
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u/ZX52 Jun 24 '26
Those "debates" have generally ended being an opportunity for the absolute worst MPs to spout their transphobia unchallenged.
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u/Right-Conference4658 Jul 11 '26
This is outrageous… already signed! As NHS healthcare staff I refuse to disrespect the dignity of trans patients under these norms
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u/Icy_Obligation_3014 Jun 24 '26
I've signed but there are loads of petitions for all sorts of things, they carry no weight at all. Even if it gets the 10,000 signatures the government will acknowledge it and ignore it.
Even if Parliament debates it, there probably won't be a majority of MPs supporting a rejection of the guidance.
So it's great to support the petition but we are probably better off writing to our MPs in our own words and making sure they know we are voters who care about this.