A group called Fair Play to Women is seeking a ruling through a judicial review that the definition of 'sex' in the forthcoming 2022 Scottish census is unlawful. The applicant's petition is available at https://fairplayforwomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Petition-as-lodged.pdf.
At heart is the issue about whether someone who is transgender can follow the Scottish Government's current guidance on how to answer the question on sex, as laid out at https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/scotland-s-census-2022-sex-question-guidance/. A recent ruling in England saw similar guidance removed prior to the taking of the 2021 census down south.
Scottish offical census day was delayed by a year due to the Covid pandemic, and is now slated to take place on Sunday, March 20th 2022, although forms will be made available from the end of February. You can find more about the census at www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk.
NB: Please note, I am well aware how heated the current debate on gender reform has become - I am simply reporting a factual development with regard to a documentary source that our descendants will be using for family history purposes in a hundred years time. I make no comment on the issues at stake, and will not be publishing any comments for this post. Thanks!
Chris
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