— “Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?” — was so confusing that the resulting data on the trans population of England and Wales was a load of hot nonsense.
According to the 2021 census, transgender adults are more religious than the general population, more likely to be Muslim and less likely to be native speakers. Adults with no formal qualifications were three times as likely to fall into the “unspecified gender” category as those with degrees.
Plainly, this was not a reflection of reality. All it showed was that the ONS had embraced a version of gender politics that was deeply confusing to anyone outside the gilded circle of graduates who spend their lives online. In attempting to write an “inclusive” question, the ONS had excluded a huge chunk of the population from understanding it.
It was only when Michael Biggs, Oxford professor of sociology, pointed out that the question asked in the ONS survey – “is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?” – only made sense to gender enthusiasts and was totally baffling to people with English as a second language, and Muslims in particular, that people began to realise how ridiculous it all was. For a while there were actually those lost in awe at the fact that our marvellous immigrant communities were so advanced in their thinking, and so ahead of the curve in embracing trans ideology.
And here we are. Ostracised five years ago for speaking out on the reality of sex, and now lauded for her sensible views. Perhaps a corner has been turned, at last…
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