Thread by @fairplaywomen

@ONS got mesmerised by the allure of woke points. It’s now waking up to this shocker just one month before its £1 billion Census day. A lesson for Stonewall champions everywhere. /1

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“Civil servants have been accused of caving in to last-minute pressure from transgender activists that will make it easier for people to pick their sex in the UK Census”. /2

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“The campaign group Fair Play For Women has launched a High Court challenge against the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for letting respondents to the Census on March 21 choose the sex that appears on legal documents such as their passport”. /3

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“Dr Nicola Williams, of Fair Play For Women, accused the trans lobby group Stonewall of putting statisticians under pressure, adding: ‘The ONS has been captured by Stonewall. It’s a complete stitch-up’ “ /4

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“‘The ONS is unlawfully messing around with the definition of sex and allowing self-identification through the back door.’”

“Dr Williams also criticised the ONS for what she described as a ‘biased’ consultation on framing the question about sex”. /5

“The ONS invited responses from 23 transgender people and ‘trans ally groups’ from a sample size of 52. No women’s groups critical of self-identification were invited” /6

“Alice Sullivan, professor of sociology at University College London, said: ‘It’s shocking. The ONS paid more attention to lobbyists than expert social scientists.’” /7

“Professor Catherine Meads, of Anglia Ruskin University, a member of the Government’s LGBT Advisory Panel, held talks with Sir Ian about framing the Census question, and suggested the ONS changed tack because it did not want to ‘p*** trans people off” /8

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“Stonewall, said: ‘Trans people have always responded to the sex question in line with who they are and how they live”.

False - there is no evidence trans people don’t know and understand accurate birth sex data is important to collect. /9

Stonewall said “'This year’s Census offers clear and inclusive guidance on how everyone can answer the question using legal documents.’”

An “Inclusive” sex question means allowing male people to put the answer female. 🤪🤨

Inclusive question = inaccurate answer /10

ONS said ‘We did this because research showed this was the most help to people as they completed their Census form. It would therefore maximise response rates as well as meeting user needs.’

By research they mean ‘asked 23 trans and trans allies’ /11

ONS: ‘We did this because research showed this was most help to people as they completed their Census form. It would therefore maximise response rates as well as meeting user needs.’

By ‘maximise response rates’ they mean don’t upset trans people else they won’t do census /12

“The ONS denied it had been pressured and rejected any bias”.

Too late ONS you’ve been caught red-handed. We see you and we’ve had enough. See you in court.

Please join the fight back and donate today /13

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