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Petition update, 22 August 2008

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The Gender Recognition Act 2004 was supposed to give everybody the right to have their true gender legally recognised. Whilst the act allowed for the legal recognition of transsexual men and women, the legislation failed to give proper recognition to, and therefore continues to misrepresent the minority of people who do not neatly fit into the two currently available categories of male and female. Provision should be made for people who identify as 3rd gendered, pangendered, ambigendered, omnigendered, genderqueer or androgynous, or who identify specifically as intersex to be allowed to opt out of being assigned as male or female if they so wish. Therefore, in addition to an amendment to the act that would allow this, we propose two additional gender categories -'intersex' and 'other', to be available as options for replacement birth certificates, passports, and other official documentation. Only then will the legislation be fully representative of all gender identities.

Current signatories

Kat Bone, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Sarah Mendoza
• Roz Kaveney
• Andra Coley-Heap
• Chrissie Harper
• Michael Gosden
• Christina Alley
• Maria Gamon
• siobhan gallacher
• Dr J Harrison
• Sarah-May Chapman
• Ivy Jane Gardiner
• Michelle Pask
• Marcus Chapman
• Joey Hateley
• jamie crabb
• Charli Lovell
• Emma Jacobs
• Sarah Brown
• emanuela bellosta
• jennifer kirk
• Claudia Anderson
• Cassie Harvey-Smith
• Kellineil Richardson
• Jess Fishenden
• Amy Crowe
• Elizabeth Williams
• Sandra Hopkins
• Jo Wilson
• Xaria Byron
• Alice-Amanda Hinton
• Stephen Bottomley
• Julian LoVecchio
• Mehran Baluch
• N Ivison
• Chrystie Myketiak
• Robin Bray-Hurren
• Felix Sermon
• Kerrie-Anne Hawthorne
• Tez Burke
• Francesca Elston
• Susan Francis
• Tracey Gue
• beth witham
• C.J.Gardner
• James Kael
• Charley Hasted
• Katherine
• Mel Muir
• Benjamin Peter Starr
• Loz Pycock
• Sarah Hawkins
• Misc Tomboi
• Sofia Woods
• Divo Sock
• Emily Wright
• Tammy Green
• Pete Jordan
• Krzysia Barnsby
• William Junemann
• Natacha Kennedy
• Voirrey Preece
• James Powell
• Martyn Clayton
• Emma Bowers
• Natalie Sullivan
• Chrissy Barnett
• Mary Tinsley
• Siobhan Thomas
• Anwen Dawn Muston
• Ruth Pearce
• Elizabeth Reed
• Antonia Embleton
• Helen Venson
• Michael Dunkley-Clark
• Jade Cook
• Shanti Freed
• David Solomon
• Tony Peacock
• jc gallimore
• Katie Foster
• Stephanie Auty
• M Packer
• Gary Ross
• Charlotte Richardson
• Jay Stewart
• Naomi Hetherington
• Maria Derrick
• Caroline Topham
• Rachel Green
• D Landon
• josepH Atwill
• Victoria Bourne
• Steve Joanne Clements
• Helena Laughton
• Tessa Gregson
• Emma Midgley
• Diana Aitchison
• Johannah buchan
• Linda Howse
• Polly Conroy
• Benny-Anne Bishop
• Jennifer Nelson
• susan conroy
• Clayton Doyle
• Tina Livingstone
• Elle James
• Nicole Mack
• Yvonne Drew
• James Johnson
• Craig Hutchison
• Carly Hobson
• Elen Heart
• Helen Dale
• sarah warhol
• wendy heron
• Anne Carter
• Christopher Willcock
• jon barden
• Soren Fitzmaurice
• kathleen durnford
• Fiona Matthews
• Dr Fraser Hart
• Holly Black
• Caroline Singleton
• Megan Miskiewicz
• Bella Swan
• Jayne Redfern
• Hannah Green
• Jackie Kerr
• RJ Taylor
• Alison Woolley
• jennifer maidman
• S. J. Andrews
• carla boulter
• David Ashman
• Suzanne Paz-Black
• t hibbert
• Liz Mellish
• Mick Cooper
• Lydia Gray-Ellis
• carmel whiteway
• Abi Stevens
• denise parkes
• Joanna Rowland-Stuart
• Alex Bebb
• Michele McCormick
• Claire Knights
• Teresa Gilson
• Robyn Peel
• Jennifer Moore
• Kayleigh Parsons
• Jonathan Mitchell
• Richard Jones
• Jason Murphy
• Asha Wolfe-Robinson
• Paula Thomas
• W Swales
• Yolanda Chegwidden
• Katy McKenzie
• Katherine Weston
• Rebecca Rees
• Aleksi Venaða
• julie browne
• hayley aldred-royal
• Brian Lacey
• alex harper
• Teht Ashmani
• Jo Bright
• Farzana Fiaz
• Samuel Miller
• Jen Lonsdale
• Claire Phillips
• Clare Banham
• Nicky Jarvis
• Dominic Perry
• Elizabeth Tabone
• Sandra Wellstead
• Leigh Collier
• Margaret Tabone
• Fay Yssa Hill
• Joelle Rogan
• Silver Spoon
• Mike Foster
• Cory Sydee
• e/j Gonzalez
• Stella Boulougari
• Dr. J Haritaworn
• Joe Swift
• Rachel M A Payne
• Magnus Randall
• Dr. Henry Sells
• Nazmia Jamal
• sarah hardiman
• sara davidmann
• Jack Chapman
• Jessica Blackstone
• neng yu
• Connor O'Brian
• Katherine Redstone
• L. Gale
• Isabel Waidner
• Red Chidgey
• Nicole Emmenegger
• Daniel Monk
• Claire English
• Andrew Sharpre
• Shaun Steiner-Goldberg
• Anna Briggs
• Dr Juliet Williams
• Katrina Naomi
• Helena Lukowska
• Simon Croft
• Selina Mapplebeck
• Kai Cain
• christopher robson
• S. Creason
• rosie buckland
• Penelope Bassi
• Dr R White
• ruth sharp
• Patricia Clinton
• Christian Davies
• chris hughes
• Matthew Sawyer
• Al Byrne
• Anna Dunwoodie
• debbie
• Humaira Saeed
• Anna Reilly
• sarah bourke
• Karleen Anthony
• Rory Rachel Smith
• Henry Golding
• liz Ely
• Alexa Athelstan
• N Kucharski
• Fabian van-de-l'Isle
• M Simkins
• A Jones
• Farrah Lalloo
• Jess McCabe
• David-Sarah Hopwood
• Nat Gochin
• R Kemp
• Rachel Rotherham
• Robin Jones Duval
• F Kulakiewicz
• Florence Delaney
• craig clark
• Kate Hardy
• Roxanne
• Papillon daniel
• Erica Cruse-Jungling
• Roz Ward
• Kate Davies
• Sarah Aldridge
• Marina De Giorgi
• Lindsey Dryden
• Joanna Dawson
• Helen Gilroy
• Alex
• Andrew Main
• Sara Allison
• Jamie Thomas Eeles
• Sam Tidy
• Clair Lewis
• Peter JM Lloyd
• Steven Monaghan
• James King
• Anna Morelle-Grey
• Julian Morrison
• Camel Gupta
• Tam Sanger
• Juliet Kemp
• Jen Yockney
• James Whitehouse
• Helen Bowes-Catton
• Natalya Dell
• Stephanie Jayne Scott
• Martin Winfield
• Rob Levy
• Loz Pycock
• Margaret King
• Andrew Sowden
• Doreen McLaren
• adele addams