Petition to ask for consultation on the effect on women and girls before making it possible for a man to legally become a woman just by signing a piece of paper.

[Testingnamechange1]

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/214118

This is the petition.

There is a proposal (currently supported by all the main political parties) to make legally changing sex a matter of ‘self-identification’. At present it requires living as the opposite gender for 2 years and some form of medical consultation (although no treatment/surgery is required).

We are concerned that (in no particular order)

This will lead to women not being able to challenge men in their spaces.
People with male bodies on hospital wards with women.
Women’s sport being taken over by people with male bodies.
Rapists being housed in women’s prisons.
Data on crime, gender pay, health becoming less meaningful.

I know there are other threads on this but I wanted to create one with a clear title for when it appears in Active Threads.

although it is only 9am! maybe see if anyone has other suggestions first.

Excellent: an argument about the title. Let's just keep it bumped.

If going for a click bait title, I'd probably mention "cf" and "parking" in the title and then wangle it into the thread like...

"cf men will be able to park their hairy arses in our spaces with no checks"

Just repeating my pledge on here. I have signed and I pledge to try to get 5 more people to sign.

Lol loving the start of this thread.

It's nice and clear to those who don't understand.

I like the other suggestion too; maybe line them up for the next thread!

Are there any threads not on feminist chat ? It'd be better if they were in a forum with more footfall, surely this could go in chat too?

I like BeyondDeadly's suggestion for the title (signed already and shared where I can)

Signed.

great thinking beyond deadly...

I know another got moved from Aibu. Not sur whether chat would have the same problem. Don’t mind me - I will bump as many threads as there are to get this out there! Perhaps we could start one a day, with different styles, to get the attention of different types of people.

It is sooo hard to get across quickly and simply why this is so important!

Bump

One last bump for tonight. Could someone else start one with their choice of title tomorrow?

I think it's suitable to chat, it is not a feminist issue surely but an issue for all women and those who give a shit about them.

*feminist issue alone

No one in East Leicester has signed. Does anyone know anyone? !

It's the only grey 9lace left on the map...

Signed!

Excellent! Let’s spread the word!

Signed

Shared again as a comment on my FB share of the mail's man Friday article.

OP, what about changing the title of this thread? Tell MNHQ you'd like to simplify it.

Pickle, it’s East Leicester and Kingston upon Hull left. Not bad though. I’ve got 10 people to sign so far.

Ooh, I missed that other one. It's not bad, but it isn't there yet, is it? I've shared, and pmd. I just want 10000 right now!

Signed

Signed and shared on Facebook

It has gained a lot of traction today! If everyone who signed gets one more person to signed, we are then comfortably over 10,000. Rather it was 100,000 though!

You need to put the link on chat or AIBU to reach more people