Update the Equality Act to make clear the characteristic “sex” is biological sex

[Sidaway]

There's an active petition you can sign to this effect, if you're so inclined.

I'm not sure if we're allowed to link to it directly? Anyway, if you enter this thread's title into Google, it should come up.

Not surprised as surveys show there are more gay people in Brighton than elsewhere in the UK. Homosexuals lose out if biological sex is not acknowledged. Lots of gays and lesbians at the sharp end of this stuff.

With 17,652 signatures it is the 24th highest out of 1,242 active petitions. Only a day old.

Looking forward to the Parliamentary debate on biological sex.

My Cardiff constituency is remarkably red.

Is that despite it having a noisy colony of gender woosters, or because of it, I wonder.

Signed - so important. Everyone should sign

18,815 signatures now.

Let’s keep up the signing by letting friends know about the petition.

18,914 now. Amazing that the six of us on MN have been able to sign the petition so many times, and all over the UK, in less than two days.

James Dreyfus has shared it on Twitter. It would be good if JKR saw it and shared it. I've shared it with almost everyone in my contacts. I think it would be good if we could race past 100,00 rather than limp past and I think we could easily do that but people need to know about it.

Keep sharing.

Am so heartened to see my Liberal city has a high sign up. I've shared this, following a few school drop off, furtive corner conversations.

20k!

Whoop! I see Brighton had a high number signing. 😁

I put it on my FB and was surprised by how many friends (who never comment on the gender stuff) said they’d sign.

the times are a changing

@stealtheatingtunnocks that's great!!

I want to share on fb too just can't decide what to say... did you just hit share? I want to share the map!

So.
Am a complete social media novice.
But have recently, begrudgingly, make a Facebook account.

How would I share this?

If anyone can talk me through how to share the petition, that would be wonderful.

the bottom of this page has a “share this petition” button.
Click it or copy the link and paste it in your post on FB wirh a comment Petition link

I’ll add the one for the map below

Same for the map - there is a “share map” button on the bottom left, or copy and paste this link with a comment.

Map link

I tried sharing the map but it just shares a link to a "petition map" so doubt my fb friends would click on it unfortunately without knowing what the petition is. Shared the petition though 😁

Pleased to see Cambridge is dark red. Come on Saffron Walden though...

I've shared with my best friend in Saffron Walden ☺️

I've signed from Walden and so have several friends and family!

21,808 signatures so far

Good man. Yes, it does need more publicity though. Do the newspapers ever pick up on these government petitions?

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www.mumsnet.com/talk/petitions_noticeboard/4668426-petition-update-the-equality-act-to-make-clear-the-characteristic-sex-is-biological-sex

Just signed - 22,524 - and shared with five others to sign too.

Now into the top twenty active petitions on the site.

With 22,841 signatures it is the 17th highest out of 1,242 active petitions.

It has outstripped other older gender critical petitions in numbers on the site.

Require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for women
12,918 signatures, now closed 5 September 2021

Require sex of VATP & sexual offenders be recorded throughout justice system.
12,484 signatures, now closed 7 January 2022

Safeguard evidence-based therapy for children struggling with gender dysphoria
11,118 signatures, now closed 14 October 2021

There are three others still running.

Require swimming venues to maintain single-sex or private changing facilities
11,015 signatures
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/622145

Remove references to 'gender identity' from relationships education guidance
4,731 signatures
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618970

Allow the flying of Suffrage flag as a symbol of women's equality
2,084 signatures
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618644

Bump.