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Letter to the CTEEA Committee: key issues on the census sex question (11 September 2019)
Letter to CTEEA Committee, setting out key issues and concerns about the sex question in Scotland's census.
30th May 2021
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Letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee: EU legislation on the census (7 October 2019)
Our letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee: EU legislation on EU legistlation and the census. 7 October 2019 Dear Committee Members, We would like to...
30th May 2021
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MBM response to the Chief Statistician’s Working Group on sex and gender identity data
In December 2020 the Scottish Government published the Chief Statistician’s draft guidance on the collection of data on sex and gender for public bodies. The draft guidance advises that...
28th May 2021
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Opaque and overdue: the Scottish Prison Service trans prisoner policy review
The article linked below, published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, looks at developments on the Scottish Prison Service trans prisoner policy review between December 2018 and...
28th May 2021
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MBM factcheck on claims made about women’s sex-based rights and gender recognition reform during the 2021 Holyrood election campaign
MBM factcheck on 2021 Holyrood election claims PDF Throughout the election campaign, candidates have been asked about their views on single-sex spaces, the Equality Act, and how women should...
6th May 2021
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‘Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden’: A review of Dhejne et al’s findings on criminal convictions
Background In 2011 Dhejne et al. published a peer-reviewed academic paper setting out findings from a cohort study aimed at estimating the ‘mortality, morbidity, and criminal rate after surgical...
21st April 2021
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A tale of two letters revisited
The Herald on Sunday this week reported that “more than 300 scientists are calling for the Scottish Government … to resist attempts from campaigners to change the guidance or...
7th April 2021
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MBM statement on the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill (March 2021)
Today MSPs are likely to pass into law one of the most contentious pieces of legislation considered in the lifetime of the Scottish Parliament. Last May, we wrote of...
10th March 2021
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MBM review of the ONS paper ‘Methodology for decision making on the 2021 Census sex question concept and associated guidance’
MBM review of the ONS paper ‘Methodology for decision making on the 2021 Census sex question concept and associated guidance’ Less than six weeks before the date of the...
8th March 2021
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Time to fight for the principle of collecting data on biological sex
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published draft guidance entitled ‘Collecting and reporting data about sex in official statistics’. The guidance sets out what producers should consider...
25th February 2021