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Public Health England are looking for self-identified transpeople

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Gingernaut · 03/10/2017 16:41

surveys.phe.org.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=n65H4793#

This does not bode well.....Confused

Public Health England are looking for self-identified transpeople
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Terrylene · 03/10/2017 17:14

They lack the language. By the time they have made everything non-offensive and inclusive, they can't actually say who they want. Wink

No sure how this works with the Law - Laws need to define words very accurately in order to mean anything.

SpaghettiAndMeatballs · 03/10/2017 17:04

male and female are sex designators though - so, yet again, if I lived in the UK, as someone of the female sex, but who doesn't have a feminine gender identity (wearing boxers and a bra as we speak - and if it wasn't for my physical characteristics (enormous boobs which get all sweaty if not separated from the skin below) I wouldn't wear a bra at all) - does that make me pan gender or gender fluid?) I would be totally eligible to answer this.

Really, they need to do some decent definitions at the start of this. Surely that's questionnaire writing for beginners? Define your audience?

BeyondNoone · 03/10/2017 17:00

So... who else totally didn’t fill it in...?

Terrylene · 03/10/2017 16:56

Oh... so there was a survey for 'cis' (sorry) women which has now closed? Was that publicised? Was it for self-identifying ones or trans-identified ones?

Terrylene · 03/10/2017 16:54

All this self-identification malarkey is a bit random.

How do they know that what they asking to be identified is the same thing as those who are identifying it? How will they get statistics and what will they actually be about? Total mind-fuck.

There are no words for it. Literally.

ErrolTheDragon · 03/10/2017 16:54

Oh... so there was a survey for 'cis' (sorry) women which has now closed? Was that publicised? Confused

jellyfrizz · 03/10/2017 16:52

"For the purposes of this survey, we use trans as an umbrella term to embrace the diverse range of identities outside the traditional male/female definitions. These include transgender, gender fluid and non-binary."

Interesting wording. So transwomen who identify as female can't take part?

Gingernaut · 03/10/2017 16:48

Yeah. Hmm

Really don't think they know what they're letting themselves in for....

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BeyondNoone · 03/10/2017 16:47

Self identified non-binary, eh...?

BrandNewHouse · 03/10/2017 16:45

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