Striking a balance in a local authority

[Ihaventgottimeforthis]

I'm just doing a job application for a local authority.
Diversity section.
Q1: How do you describe your sex? (Prefer not to say/Female/Male/Gender Fluid/Intersex/Non-binary/Other)
Q2: Is your gender identity the same as the sex you were assigned (!) at birth? (Prefer not to say/Yes/No).

Apart from the non-sex terms included in Q1, and the use of 'assigned', I'm ok with this phrasing overall. It's a reasonable compromise.
Thoughts?

The default entry at the top is 'Not specified' which I am going to use for the gender identity Q, i think it's the equivalent of a non-answer. Not actually sure if it will let me do that though.

They will be collecting the data so they can proclaim how many people who aren't heterosexuals, happy with their own identity, they are interviewing/hiring - and, who knows, possibly giving interviews to people who tick the more "interesting" boxes (being incredibly cynical here - I know they're not supposed to do that). I currently work for a local authority that is becoming increasingly - and worryingly - woke. Their job adverts now include a line about wanting LGBT people to apply. Why? Of all employers, LAs are some of the least likely to discriminate on any basis, so why do they have to practically beg certain groups to apply for jobs? And you can be sure that they are mainly aiming at the T in that group.

Unless it's relevant to the job (very unlikely) I don't see why they should ask any of these questions.

I was looking at a public building chart (pre lock down, when this sort of thing actually happened) which wanted visitors to an exhibition to indicate one of a massive list of gender identities.

Really left me wondering: why do they need to know how the exhibition appeals to people who like high heels, skirts and long hair for example? How is that usefully going to inform their planning? What do people with high heels and long hair really want in an exhibition?

Of course it boils down to: look at our pretty chart proving our diversity appeal to tick the box to qualify for the next lot of funding.

I increasingly think this is the best way to get this nonsense stopped - by pointing out the data protection violations. Compliance with public sector equality duties means that you may need to monitor sex, so the question becomes “what is your sex”. There’s no reason at all to be collecting gender identity/stereotypes bullshit.

^^This.