And yet again ....

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from HMGs own website.

Blue badge application? Presumably the do not ask about sex?

utterly pointless. either ask about sex or no question at all.

Nowhere.

Written by the exceptionally captured civil service, some of whom see their mission to eradicate facts, accuracy (and women) from society.

It shows how little influence a government has when things like this happen everywhere and they're helpless to insist on factual data.

Third person then, so asking someone else about the applicant's status. Is this the brave new world of people deciding who they are and no one else can have a view on it? But nor everyone, obviously.

In the thread that was deleted (one reason why I don't post as much as I used to) I suggested the best and quickest way to defeat this nonsense is to "lie" at every single opportunity so any data gathered is unusable.

It also pushes the whole crock back onto "the other side" to accuse us of "being silly".

However, I am aware we live in the UK, where as long as it's the easiest option, complying will always win out.

I filled out an enhanced DBS check recently. It asked for my gender and said if you were transgender to selected the gender you identify as. Not sure how this helps them identify past criminal wrong doing...

I filled out an enhanced DBS check recently. It asked for my gender and said if you were transgender to selected the gender you identify as. Not sure how this helps them identify past criminal wrong doing...

This is outrageous!! How on earth are the authorities supposed to do any kind of meaningful checks if people can lie.

I had to fill in an assessment form for one of my pupil's today because we are pursuing an ADHD diagnosis.

It asked for the child's gender so I crossed out the word gender and wrote sex.

"pupils" - the shame of a rogue apostrophe. 😳