Sex in the Census Campaign - now with letter to ONS/NISRA

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Sex in the Census now with added template letter to add to your paper copy of the census when returning to ONS (in England and Wales) or NISRA (in Northern Ireland)
sexinthecensus.org/when-your-census-code-arrives/
Please order a paper copy. Please fill it in on Census Night 21 March and send in with a letter (or wait for someone to visit to pick it up - but don't forget that letter).

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Done.

For anyone Scottish

Ours is not till 2022

🙂

I filled in mine today online. It had a question about your sex and then gender identity (optional). I put my gender identity as 'other' and then wrote in the box - 'no gender, its a load of made up nonsense'. I also put my national identity down as 'European', I'm not a European passport holder unfortunately though.

But you are not European though.

Perhaps they identify as European.😉
That should be ok, shouldn't it?

But you are not European though
Yes I am.
The question was how do you identify, options - British, English, Welsh etc. I identify as European first and foremost, I'm from the UK, the uk is in Europe, I'm European. How am I not European?

I presume there is a declaration at the end that the info given is true, like you do for Tax Returns, otherwise, what’s the point.

Sorry, that was to @AffronttoGender

European is not a national identity.

I do understand that you are making a political point.

They are about to find out what pedantic autism meets census form is like. I suspect I will have several meltdowns along the way.

I've ordered a large print paper form to have any hope of filling it in anyway. Forms and me do not get on.

I can't send the accompanying letter as I don't understand it.

Ah this letter is good to see. I wondered what it wld say. I think it's good. I'll have to think about the last bit.

I've already ordered a paper copy before my code arrived. I hope that hasn't confused the system.

@Tartyflette curious. Did you used to be on Expat Woman?

Thank you.

Here's some explanation from sexininthecensus.org's FAQs:

What does the letter say?
The letter asserts your right, as enshrined in data protection regulations, to object to the way in which the data producer (in this case, ONS) records, stores and uses your data, specifically the answer you provide under the sex question. It is an explicit request to ONS to confirm that they will only record your sex as your sex registered at birth.

How is this going to make a difference?
This is about registering an objection to ONS abandoning the principle of collecting data on biological sex. The more of us that register our objection to this, the louder the message we send.

Does the letter cover everyone in the household?
No. Each individual person in the household can include their own letter. You do not have to return your individual census form in the same envelope as the household one.

I think the second point perhaps undersells the letter, as it looks like it could do more than just register an objection: it appears to confer a legal obligation on the ONS to respond under GDPR.

A more detailed explanation of how ONS could deal with these letters would be good to have.

Note that the letter also includes and explains an objection to the gender identity question, and is not compatible with any answers to that question.

*from sexinthecensus.org's FAQs

Why do the letters F, A and Q keep vanishing?

[quote AffronttoGender]@Tartyflette curious. Did you used to be on Expat Woman?[/quote]
Nope. I have been an expat, though not in Europe.