Only in fucking Scotland

[Hoardasurass]

So the chief statistician in Scotland has issued the new list of gender identity that public bodies must ask us and collate data on
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/20/snp-guidance-public-bodies-24-genders/

Oh FFS

Our government is insane. God getting these fuckers out cannot come soon enough.

Where are my preferred options “bored of this shit” and “don’t believe in this shit”??

Is the chief statistician in Scotland a teenager on Tumblr from 2012?

How is "trans man" and "trans woman" different from "trans masculine" and "trans feminine"?

That’s very galectiemoenphobic of them. Who do I complain to that my gender has been left off? (For those who don’t know about my gender - https://gender.fandom.com/wiki/Galactiemoen)

There are around 5000 genders, so the list needs to be much longer to be inclusive - gender.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Gender_Identities

If you actually read the article, there is no requirement for people to be asked to choose out of all 24 options, these are options someone who has indicated a trans identity might write in a free text box, which staticians would then need to record.

But hey why let the truth get in the way of a good frothy headline from the right wing press.

I have no idea

dp did a survey today (don't know what it was about) and for the "what gender are you" question the possible answers included "demiwoman" and "demiman". He was rather exasperated by it.

Autigender or Autism, gender is a neurogender, which can be understood in the context of being Autistic & when one’s Autism greatly affects one’s gender or how one experiences gender.
Autigender is not autism as a gender, but rather is having a gender that is so heavily influenced by autism that one’s gendered and autism cannot be unlinked.
Not all Autistic people will identify with Autigender, only those whose gender is influenced by them being Autistic.”
LGBTQ w/e WIKI

Nope. Still don't understand what it's supposed to be. The word gender has been used too many times and it's turned into blablabla.

Intersex isn't a gender, and it's not even "woke" to use the term. The correct term is "person with a DSD" who, if they have a gender identity, can have one from a choice of about 100.

It's not even an accurate list.

But why? What is the point? They may as well ask what your star sign is, or favourite food. How is this data useful?

Maybe bust size, inside leg, none of the identities can be converted into useful data, that will influence public funding resources. Even if the general public fully understood these categories.

which as the national census debacle exposed, so a pointless exercise.

"Are you Catholic or Protestant?"
"Neither. I'm atheist."
"But are you Catholic atheist or Protestant atheist?"

This is exactly what it feels like to be offered 2 binary choices, neither of which fits.

sex is binary anything else is in ones head

That's why it's a good thing to separate sex, which is a binary M/F, from "gender" if you believe in such a thing, which is a spectrum. (There are as many different genders as there are people on the planet.)

Saves confusion.

Of course many people don't believe in gender identities so it's important to make space for gender atheists too by leaving the "gender" question optional alongside the more useful sex Q. Which hopefully the Scottish government are doing?

I like "neutral" - that's like "don't care one way or the other, just assign me a v or a p".

The latter two think they have found a way to be extra special.

What a load of utter fucking bullshit. I'm so sick of this nonsense.

Name and shame the twat

No, no and more fucking no! I am so done with this bullshit 🤬

How do I explain to these pricks that me not having a gender is not the same thing as being a-gender?

it’s fucking ludicrous

Can someone post the archive link to the Telegraph article please.

But why would any of it be relevant? Surely a ‘trans identity’ is enough?

Bigender... I read that as 'BigEnder', but I do have a generously-sized rear end so maybe that's why.