Petition re Equality Act

[savehannah]

In case this hasn't been seen or shared.
Petition emailed to me today by SexMatters signed by Mata Forstater

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243?mc_cid=2374ed1657&mc_eid=f9d32af33e

Email reads:
We are calling on the UK government to update the Equality Act 2010 to make it clear that the protected characteristic of “sex” means biological sex and nothing else.

I have started a petition, and we need 10,000 people to sign this week, and 100,000 by the end of the year.

Make the Equality Act clear: sign the petition
There is an opportunity to lock in legal clarity now. In May the government made a statement to the houses of Parliament recognising the need for new laws to be clear about the meaning of “sex”. Last week Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he intends to “look to review the Equality Act to make it clear that sex means biological sex rather than gender”.

For everyone’s benefit, sex discrimination laws need to be clear that the terms “sex”, “male”, “female”, “man” and “woman” do not mean “sex as modified by a Gender Recognition Certificate” but biological sex. Our petition sets out a plan for how to do this, and we will be publishing more analysis in the coming weeks.

If you are a UK citizen or resident, please sign the petition today, and share our message wherever you can: on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, by talking to friends and by forwarding this email.

We will be sharing more campaign materials once we get past 10,000 signatures and will let you know how you can get involved.

Maya Forstater, and all of the Sex Matters team

I think the percentage that triggers the dark red increases as people sign. The darkest red is now for constituencies where at least 0.168% of the electorate has signed. It was a lower percentage yesterday. Edinburgh's still doing spectacularly well, especially Edinburgh North and Leith which is the only constituency with more than 200 signatories so far. Other Edinburgh constituencies also doing well.

The rate of signing is slowing now. I think all the low-hanging fruit - the people on twitter - has been picked. We need to get friends and family not on social media signing. It would be sad if it was to peter out at around 30,000.

My area is going up gradually - I now have 43 companions

Would Sex Matters be allowed to put an advert in one if the newspapers?

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Five signatures away from 30K!!

Lol ignore me, maths went awry - but we’re close!

Over 29 k, anyway.

There is another thread on this.

As a poster said, the low hanging fruit seems to have been picked, so it is important we pass this on to friends and try to explain what it is about. Probably most people have no idea of the confusion re Gender vs. Sex and the resulting harm.

petition.parliament.uk/signatures/130017782/verify?token=7sj9sxH1XnoQUpFHZW7N

Sex Matters are asking you to be a petition champion. Super quick to sign up. You commit to getting 5 extra signatures! Sign up here. They want to get to 100,000 in two weeks. We can do it!
sex-matters.org/take-action/become-a-petition-champion/

@savehannah will you ask HQ to close this thread and direct people to this one which is about same thing but has more posts.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4668404-update-the-equality-act-to-make-clear-the-characteristic-sex-is-biological-sex?page=1

Thank you!

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The petition is doing well at nearly 60,000 signatures and hasn’t petered out

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623243

Important for women’s rights, gay rights, disabled people’s rights and women of faith in particular. I have signed.

It's passed 60,000 - please keep sharing.

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