We need to max out the trannies because this is very profitable.
And also very moral.
The census may have overestimated how many transgender people there are in England and Wales because the question wording was “confusing”.
Academics have queried findings by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that 262,000 people identify as transgender in England and Wales.
As a result, the statistics regulator is now examining the concerns that the data behind the landmark census figures on the transgender population may be inaccurate.
The academics claim that the “confusing” and “misleading” wording of the census question, “is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?” may have skewed the answers for respondents whose first language is not English, as well as those who are not familiar with the language of gender identity. Instead, they claim that the ONS should have asked people: “Are you transgender?”
Michael Biggs, a professor of sociology at the University of Oxford, claimed it may be why the London boroughs of Newham and Brent, which have a significant percentage of residents who speak English as a second language, recorded the highest proportion of transgender people in the UK. Overall, those who speak English poorly were found to be five times more likely to be transgender, prompting concerns about the data.
The ONS confirmed that it was working with the Office for Statistics Regulation on the issue and conceded it was “possible” that respondents had misinterpreted the question. Prof Biggs said that the question was changed following consultation with LGBTQ lobby groups, such as Stonewall.
“The ONS were so focussed on how trans people would respond to that question and if it would hurt people’s feelings and I think, as a result, they didn’t think about the vast majority of people and those who don’t share the same language. Professional, managerial-class people have had the training on gender language and gender identity.
“But a lot of people working on building sites or cleaning hospitals, for example, those are the people that I think are confused and if ONS had asked: ‘Are you trans?’ It would have been simpler, but the way they have formed the question, you are directed to the wrong answer or at least it’s generated confusion.
“The question they used is Stonewall’s definition of cisgender and it shows just how influential Stonewall is,” Prof Biggs added.
In January, the ONS released figures from the latest census in 2021, which explored gender identity for the first time. Researchers found that there were 262,000 people — or 0.5 per cent of the population aged 16 and over — who described themselves transgender.
Of them, 118,000 chose not to provide further details about their gender identity. Around 48,000, identified as a trans man, and 48,000 identified as a trans woman. Separately, 30,000 people identified as non-binary, while a further 18,000 wrote down a different gender identity.
However, separate ONS data published last week showed that those who speak English “not well” or “not well at all” were most likely to be counted as transgender, at 2.2 per cent. This compared with 0.4 per cent of those whose main language is English or Welsh. As a result, those who speak English poorly are five times more likely to be transgender.
Furthermore, adults whose main language is not English made up 10 per cent of the overall population but, according to the census, they contributed 29 per cent of the transgender numbers. The figures also show that one in 67 Muslims is transgender, a figure which Professor Biggs claims is “not plausible”.
Prof Alice Sullivan, professor of sociology at University College London, added: “It’s extraordinary that the ONS have made this basic error really because this is so basic as far as question design goes.
“Census questions have to be clear and comprehensive to the entire population and that, of course, includes people who do not have English as a first language and anyone who is not familiar with gender theory.
“A simple question like, ‘are you trans?’ probably would not have confused people in the same way. If you ask a question that only makes sense to trans people and not the wider population, the danger of false positives corrupting your data is very high.”
She added: “This really shows what happens when you have policy capture, where lobby groups have a disproportionate level of influence. It’s fine for the ONS to talk to lobby groups but ultimately it should be following scientific processes and protocols, not just doing what a lobby group tells them to.”
The ONS figures also showed that 0.4 per cent of Christians identified as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth, compared to 1.5 per cent of Muslims and 1 per cent of Sikhs, meaning Muslims are almost four times more likely to identify as trans or non-binary.
Someone working in an elementary job was three times more likely to be transgender than someone in a managerial or professional job. A factory worker was twice as likely to do so than someone more senior.
Basically, everyone is a tranny.
And that’s really great.
Meanwhile, also in Britain