to think men and women should be counted in the census?

[Sunkisses]

The Office of National Statistics have recently 'tentatively recommended' that the question about what sex we are should be deleted from the census, so not to upset the tiny transgender part of the population. This has massive implications for the whole of society. We need the data on our biological sex to measure important things like life expectancy, sex discrimination, the gender pay gap, and inequality in childcare, social care, housing and health. The ONS rejected sensible options like asking people about both their sex and their gender identity (which would help us actually know how big the trans population actually is). To me, this recommendation seems utterly crazy.

Please consider signing this petition to the government, to keep the sex category in the 2021 census: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/202435

For more background, please see this article here: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/feminists-fight-to-keep-gender-question-in-census-vqv3lr9gj

Signed.

MrsTodd expresses the issue very clearly and I agree wholeheartedly. This isn't about trans bashing. Its just common sense.

But let’s not pretend that some people are using this as yet another tool to bash trans people with

Bollocks. Trans people should be signing it too, they need it just as much as everyone else.