'There are only two genders', Scottish Government says

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fromorbit · 01/11/2024 08:18

Scots wondering which of the new 24 or 27 official genders they are can stop. The SNP have reverse ferreted in quick order and have now said there are only two genders.

'There are only two genders', Scottish Government says
The Scottish Government denies reports it had claimed there were 24 different genders.
Equalities Minister Kaukab Stewart said the Government’s position is there are only two genders - male and female - in line with Scottish law. This comes after the Government issued guidance to statisticians collating data from the 2022 Census.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/there-are-only-two-genders-scottish-government-says-4847717

So why were women being persecuted for saying this not so long ago exactly? When is the official apology?

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BonfireLady · 01/11/2024 08:29

“This framework shouldn’t be interpreted to mean there is a particular number of genders - it is only a guide to classify responses to the trans status question.”

Fair enough. But what are they going to do with the information?

Surely it would have been far more helpful to state that there are two sexes and any number of different genders - and that they now have a way of classifying the different genders into groups..... because it helps to....... what?

I can see that it could be helpful if they wanted to see where to spend money e.g. they could look at the percentage of people who have a gender identity that differs from their sex, the percentage who are disabled etc etc and make decisions based on proportional need. But equally, classifying the groups the way that they have doesn't really achieve anything.

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