Thread by @fairplaywomen

#census2021
48K people over 16 identified as "transwoman" in the 2021 Census for England and Wales.

Of those a whopping 32K (2/3rds) said their sex was FEMALE /1

ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Following our successful court challenge the judge forced the ONS to amend its guidance accompanying the question "What is your sex?"

Guidance confirmed "sex" means "sex as
recorded on a birth certificate or Gender Recognition Certificate" /2

fairplayforwomen.com/sex-in-the-cen…

Fewer than 4000 GRCs have been issued to males identifying as transwomen since 2004.

This means the 32K transwomen saying their sex is female cannot be explained by them having a GRC.

This leaves 28K transwomen answering that they were BORN THE FEMALE SEX /3

The same observation is made for transmen. 28K transmen said that they were BORN THE MALE SEX /4

We can hypothesize many reasons for this anomalous result. However one possibility is that huge numbers of trans people simply lied on their Census return. /5

Sex data matters to all of us, including people who identify as transgender.

Policy makers use it to develop policies to support different groups in society, including the trans community.

Corrupting that data set is a bad idea. As well as unlawful. /6