Ducklings Take Their First Jump

This post is a collection of all gov.uk petitions concerning trans rights and healthcare that I come across - it will be updated as and when I find new ones/when they close. Please sign and share if you're in the UK and just share if you're not <3

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treate

Deadline: 9th of July 2025

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Increase funding for transgender healthcare to reduce waiting times & train GPs

Increase funding to help reduce transgender healthcare waiting times to 18 weeks. Fund training for GPs in identifying and diagnosing gender

Deadline: 14th of July 2025

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services

Introduce a law to legally protect the right of those aged 18 and over to transition using NHS services. This should specifically cover phys

Deadline: 28th of July 2025

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.

We believe the government should change legislation to make it easier for trans people of all ages to change their legal gender without an o

Deadline: 12th of June 2025

Feel free to share more petitions in the notes

Adding in the link to a post I've seen with some links to UK based charities you can support if you've got the means

Watching the “you will excel at what you measure” trap devour basic moral practice in real time is fascinating in a terrible kind of way

“X bodily fluid is just filtered blood!” buddy I hate to break it to you but ALL of the fluids in your body are filtered blood. Your circulatory system is how water gets around your body. It all comes out of the blood (or lymph, which is just filtered blood).

I love this picture so much! Post it whenever I come across it.

A little boy just looked at me and went “woah! That girl is so tall!! I didn’t know girls could get that tall!” To his grandpa.

Grandpa talked to him about how he had tall women in his family and how pretty tall girls are and the boy said he should ask me out 💀 so grandpa was like “she’s probably already married”

Listening to this exchange was so cute and so gender affirming bc not once did either of them imply I was actually a man I’m gonna cry this was so sweet.

much better footage of the haka that shut down parliament today

Yup.

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Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.