UK Petition; Do not allow people to have acquired gender listed as sex on Government ID

[Thelnebriati]

''Do not allow people to have acquired gender listed as sex on Government ID
We call upon Government to reform arrangements for issuing Government IDs such as passports and driving licenses, so that these cannot list a person's acquired gender as their sex.
We believe that the Government issuing men with identity documents saying they are women poses safeguarding issues.''

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/637290

Update; the petition has over 12,000 signatures and the Govt has responded;

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/637290?reveal_response=yes

This wording of the response is absolute bollocks:

There are processes in place, with the right checks and balances, to allow for those who wish to legally change their gender to do so.
Transgender people, including those who are going through the process to change their legal sex, deserve our respect, support and understanding. Enabling people to change their gender, with appropriate checks and balances in place, is part of this

[My underlining]

It's more conflation of gender and sex, and makes a mockery of the response's later reference to 'same-sex services'. It also then conflates 'single-sex services' and 'single-sex spaces', which has become a wider issue including with the Labour Party.

Thanks for bumping - hadn't seen it. Signed.

he Government is committed to maintaining the safeguards that allow organisations to provide single-sex services. It is important that the principle of being able to operate spaces reserved for women and girls is maintained, in line with the Equality Act. We are committed to tackling harassment and abusive behaviours by all individuals, and ensuring single-sex spaces are safe for those using them. The EHRC have published guidance on the existing legislation which provides much needed clarity to those offering single sex spaces.
On 21 February 2023, the Minister for Women and Equalities (MfWE) sought advice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on the benefits or otherwise of an amendment to the Equality Act 2010 on the current definition of 'sex', as she was concerned that the Equality Act may not be sufficiently clear in the balance it strikes between the interests of people with different protected characteristics, particularly in the case of the protected characteristics of ‘sex’ and ‘gender reassignment’. Having received that advice, the Minister for Women and Equalities has asked officials to undertake detailed policy and legal analysis, as per the EHRC’s request, to understand the impact of its advice on various protected groups and related issues arising.
We are absolutely committed to championing the rights of women and girls.

The falsification of statistics though is criminal! How can we "champion" rights of WAG if everything from rape prosecution stats to equal pay data is rendered fiction by including men in lippy? That's essential data used to justify crucial provisions for WAG- to sabotage it is not championing our rights.

Signed

Signed and confirmed signature

If this is accurate its very welcome news (its been archived if you don't want to give the Mail clicks);

''Ministers are considering closing a 'major loophole' that allows people to easily change their sex in official documents.''
''It is allowed even though the Government opposes so-called 'self-identification' and last year blocked Scotland from introducing the reform in law. But now there are growing calls for ministers to tighten up the processes in HM Passport Office and the DVLA to end what has been called 'self-ID by the back door'.''
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12915183/Gender-change-loophole-UK-passports-revealed.html