The sex question is compulsory but in fact since last time in 2011 it was officiallly okay to enter the sex you had registered somewhere else. ie the sex question should say the sex you were registered at birth. Which in fact you would have thought trans activists would want accurately recorded so that statistics could be collected to shown those who had adopted a sex other then the one on their birth certificate.
The gender identity and sexualit question are voluntary.
I think it is really important that no one answers this. In answering you imply it is something to be thought about. Dont do this. It colludes with the Stonewall narrative. And I suspect as other do, that in the long run they want the sex question taken out of the compulsory part and have it replaced by gender.
Do not dignify the gender question by acknowledging it in any way.
It is really noticeable that in the main stream meda Stonewall etc., have gone all out to get coverage about how forward looking the census is to have included questions on gender and sexuality, with the intention of lulling people into thinking this is something they should take part in.
This is why Stonewall has so much power. The have so many contacts and networks that they can plant stories that combined slant the way in which people think. This progressive slant story have far more coverage than the fact that you can lie in response to the sex question.
Really disappointed that the joint campaign just seems to have side stepped the danger of the gender question being included.
A much better line would have been if you think gender identity is important what about Jedis, or post Brexit how many people think they are British rather than say Scot, Welsh, Irish or English. Much more relevant to nearly every body that fad questions like gender.