PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Don’t impose a “bathroom ban” on transgender people
Trans women have been using the women's toilets (and trans men the men's toilets) for at least 45 years in the UK. It has never been illegal. The government should ensure that trans people can continue to safely use the toilets appropriate to their gender identity.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 7/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 7/100,000
Background
Forcing trans women into the men's toilets and trans men into the women's exposes them to humiliation, harassment, and danger.
It publicly “outs” them as trans, which the ECHR ruled is a violation of the right to private life (Goodwin 2002). As does requiring them to use separate unisex toilets, which mostly aren't available anyway.
In addition, it puts all gender-non-conforming people at risk of being harassed and having security called on them because someone thinks they might be trans.