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# Parliament rejects petition to legally recognise non-binary citizens
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/parliament-rejects-petition-to-legally-recognise-non-binary-citizens/
- Published: 2021-05-25T10:30:59.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-25T10:30:59.000Z
- Description: The UK parliament has rejected a petition calling for non-binary recognition.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Queer Corner, LGBTQ, Non-binary, Trans, UK, UK Home Office

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/x-gender-marker-1.jpg)

The **UK** parliament has rejected a petition calling for [non-binary recognition](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/thousands-sign-petition-for-non-binary-recognition/), despite the petition amassing over 136,000 signatures. While Parliament is obliged to consider all petitions that are signed by over 100,000 people, a [response](https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/580220?ref=scenemag.co.uk) was given which argued there are *“complex practical consequences for other areas of the law, service provision, and public life if provisions were to be made for non-binary gender recognition in the GRA.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/gender-recognition-600-400-1.jpg)

However, the statement also insisted: *“We are committed to tackling all forms of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime, and are working with the Home Office on the cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan…This Government is committed to supporting all LGBTQ+ people.”* Countries such as **New Zealand, Denmark, Nepal** and **India** have already expanded legal protections for non-binary people, with the petition’s creators hoping the UK would follow.

![](https://www.gscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/non-binary-rights-600-400.jpg)

A 2020 [study](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/study-finds-transphobic-hate-crimes-increasing-in-the-uk/) by **Galop** found hate crimes against trans and gender diverse people in the UK are on the rise. **Leni Morris**, CEO of Galop, said the aim of the study was to demonstrate the effects of increasingly hostile debates surrounding trans and non-binary rights in the media and in parliament: *“As the whole LGBTQ+ community knows from our history, there are real-world consequences to public debates. Our new report shows how the safety and dignity of trans people is currently at risk.”*