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Census 2021

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jellybe · 21/03/2021 13:07

Can see another three on this - sorry if duplicating. Was just wondering how others answered the gender question?

I went with other then explained 'I don't ascribe the to social construct of gender I am a women: adult human female'

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PaleBlueMoonlight · 21/03/2021 13:50

Filling it in later. Have a paper copy so planning to leave it blank and to send tweaked letter.

TheRabbitOfCaerbannog · 21/03/2021 13:48

Left it blank and sent it off with a tweaked template letter from sex in the census. OH's also blank.

DickKerrLadies · 21/03/2021 13:45

I left it blank as the guidance states I should tick yes if I identify as female and my registered sex at birth is female or I should tick no if my gender identity is different to the sex recorded on my birth certificate, for example if I am transgender or non-binary.

The ONS states that "Gender identity is a personal internal perception of oneself and, as such, the gender category with which a person identifies may not match the sex they were registered at birth. In contrast, sex is biologically determined" and gender is "a social construction relating to behaviours and attributes based on labels of masculinity and femininity"

The wording of the question is "Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?" I do not identify with any gender - masculine or feminine, and I am not transgender or non-binary, therefore the most accurate way for me to answer that question is to leave it blank, as there is no part of it that applies to me.

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jellybe · 21/03/2021 13:28

Yeah don't know what DH for that bit. I did the kids and their gender wasn't asked I guess it was due to them being under 16.

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EndoplasmicReticulum · 21/03/2021 13:25

I skipped that one because it doesn't apply to me. Don't know what husband or teens put as we all filled in our own bits.

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jellybe · 21/03/2021 13:21

Was very surprised how easy it was to do. Thought it was going to take me ages.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 21/03/2021 13:20

In this household, I skipped the question. After some discussion with me about what the question was supposed to mean (conclusion: he has no feeling of having a gender identity, but does know what sex he is, hence the question is irrelevant), my husband skipped it too. I don't know what our son did. We did it online. Pleasantly surprised by how easy it was.

JaneAustenFanClub · 21/03/2021 13:11

I just skipped that question as it is voluntary and I don’t consider myself to have a gender identity

Thelnebriati · 21/03/2021 13:10

I didn't put anything for the gender question as its just for people who identify as trans.

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