Add intersex to the Equality Act as a protected characteristic

We want the government to make sex variations a protected characteristic under the Equality Act.

1,239 Signatures

Status
Open
Opened
Wednesday 9th July 2025
Last 24 hours signatures
1
Signature Deadline
Friday 9th January 2026
Estimated Final Signatures: 1,251

Reticulating Splines

You may be interested in these active petitions

1. Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland - 8,443 signatures
2. Add Sickle Cell Disease to NHS Prescription Charge Exemption List - 28,264 signatures
3. We call on Government to urgently revise the mobile phone in schools guidance - 2,355 signatures
4. Set the income tax personal allowance to £15,597 & higher rate to £62,379.02 - 6,741 signatures
5. Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 40 & perform annually - 28,385 signatures

The United Kingdom has been considered poor for intersex bodily integrity, and unnecessary genital modification of intersex babies is not banned as it is in Malta, Kenya, Iceland and other countries.


Petition Signatures over time

Constituency Data

Reticulating Splines