The UK parliament has rejected a petition calling 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 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.”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,.