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THREAD: Fair Play For Women is back in court defending the meaning of sex. This time its the Scottish Government wanting to change sex into gender identity in the Scottish Census /1

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The Scottish guidance is unlawful. It says people may self-identify when answering the sex question in the census.

“If you are transgender the answer you give can be different from what is on your birth certificate. You do not need a Gender Recognition Certificate. /2

The Scottish Government is ignoring the UK-wide 1920 Census Act and our win in the English High Court that sex CANNOT be self-identified /3

Shockingly, they have tried to defend their decision by saying “This guidance is the same as that discussed with the Parliament when the census legislation was agreed".

Truth is they TRIED AND FAILED to amend the 2020 Census Order in Scotland. /4

The Scottish Government does not have the power to force through unlawful guidance and circumvent the will of the Scottish parliament. We are taking this legal action to stand up for the rights of our Scottish supporters. /5

Extreme gender ideology is deeply embedded within the Scottish Government. Winning this action will constrain the Scottish Ministers’ pursuit of their ideologically-driven agenda with no regard for Scottish women or long-standing UK laws /6

There is a separate question specifically for transgender people to register their identity in the Census. There is absolutely no need to answer the question about sex with a gender identity too.

Accurate data on sex is important, particularly for women and girls in Scotland /7

Good data on sex matters. Small errors in sex data can have large distortive effects. Here's how /8

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We did everything we could to prevent this going to court. We engaged with National Records of Scotland @NatRecordsScot, the statistics regulator @StatsRegulation and the @EHRC. In the end is was up to us to be the ones to act and say no. /9

The ONS wasted over one hundred thousand pounds to fight and lose in court. Its beyond belief that the Scottish Government are now putting Scottish tax payers money at risk. This is a reckless political act and a failure of all the public institutions involved /10

It should not be up to ordinary members of the public to hold the line on what is and isn't lawful. But once again it is up to grassroots women to defend the existing rights of women and girls.

This is another David and Goliath fight but one we are determined to win /11

Please read and share this article. If you would like to help by contributing towards our legal fees you can do so using the DONATE NOW button in the article. /12

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