Job application not asking for sex, but asking if cis or trans

[JobHuntingPerson]

In the middle of applying for a job online, got to the equality and diversity section, all the usual questions about sexuality, religion ethnicity. I know a lot of people hate answering those questions but I think they can be important for companies to monitor their inclusivity.

Anyway, there was no sex question, it did not ask if I'm male or female. Instead there was a gender identity question, asking if I'm Agender, Cisgender, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Non -binary or prefer another term.

So basically, if or when the company does an equality review they will have no idea how many women they employ, no idea how to monitor or prevent any sexist culture growing in the workplace that makes life harder for female employees- or means we never get employed by them in the first place.

Has anyone else who's job seeking at the moment, or working in HR, seen anything like this. Is it becoming the norm?

I found it quite off-putting and don't know how to answer the question.

And the cynic in me wonders if those future forcasters thought that'd probably achieved by abolishing motherhood.

^be achieved by

We had a diversity survey at work recently which asked for our 'gender', which had the options of male, female, and a whole host of others.

I was tempted to point out it didn't provide info on either of the protected characterstics of sex or gender reassignment, but I couldn't be arsed. I didn't bother filling in the survey since the only bit I was particularly interested in knowing was the sex distribution of people there!

I wondered about the non-multiple choice aspect too. I imagine many people selectively a gender, nb, etc. will also identify as queer.

We had a diversity survey at work recently which asked for our 'gender', which had the options of male, female, and a whole host of others.

I'm sure there are plenty of kids you know that love scrap paper for colouring in.

I just tried to register with some NHS thing so that I can make online appointments with my GP surgery. I think it's called "Patient Access". After name, address, email, dob, all the usual stuff I was asked for my "Gender". This box was optional so obviously I ignored it. But I would have thought the NHS at the very least should know the SEX of their patients!!