rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-the-uor-trans-toilet-ban?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-the-uor-trans-toilet-ban' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Reading Trans Movement https://actionnetwork.org/users/reading-trans-movement/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/664/887/normal/signal-2025-07-16-15-18-54-236.png On 11th June 2025, the University introduced a policy that bans trans people from using single-sex spaces that match their gender identity. Trans staff and students are now expected to use facilities aligned with their “biological sex” or gender-neutral facilities instead. This policy was imposed without consultation, without a published equality impact assessment, and without a clear legal requirement. It has already caused fear, confusion, and harm. Some staff and students are now avoiding campus spaces altogether. On 15th July 2025, the University of Reading published a response to the student protests, letters from a number of organisations in Reading, and letters from staff and departments regarding their change in university campus toilet policy, restricting the usage of toilets for transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex individuals. This response upheld their policy change, did not affirm any commitment to uphold the human rights of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming colleagues and students and offered no apology for the policy or their handling of this situation. Read this response here: https://readingtransmovement.co.uk/campaigns/uor-response We, the Staff, Students, Alumni, and Allies of the University of Reading, write the following to outline our concerns and to make clear to the university what they must do to right this injustice. Open letter permalink here: https://readingtransmovement.co.uk/campaigns/Toilet-Ban-Open-Letter https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-uor-trans-toilet-ban