Gender Recognition Act http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/en2004/2004en07.htm

A new petition for signing is now at :

http://petitions. pm.gov.uk/ TransDiscrim/

The petition reads:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods, services and facilities, including health care on the grounds of transsexual or transgender status, at the earliest point possible.

Please encourage as many UK citizens as possible to sign this ASAP, so that as we go into negotiations with government on the proposed new Regulations supposedly affording us protection when accessing goods, services and facilities, we can show the strong support behind our mandate.

Please also encourage as many non-trans people as possible to sign it.

Everyday, we receive at least one more cry for help from someone who has been refused  either a goods, service or facility because they are trans - many are about a refusal to fund access to health care, or being told they will wait 5 or more years before they will be seen for an initial assessment for treatment. Sometimes it will be because they have been thrown out of a bar or restaurant, or asked to not use the leisure centre, or refused a place on a course because it is 'not suitable' i.e. they are not suitable.
It goes on and on, and we could cite so many cases of trans people being refused the right of access to goods, services or facilities, especially health care, that other people take for granted.

We need to stand up and be counted, and we need YOU to stand up and be counted now.

Please do not sign up twice or more - just once, but make it really effective by getting your friends to sign up.

Many thanks

The Vice Presidents of Press for Change