1.0Murray Blackburn Mackenziehttps://murrayblackburnmackenzie.orgKath Murrayhttps://murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/author/kathmurray99/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jsldCG8xWc"><a href="https://murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2021/12/05/back-from-the-brink-how-the-scottish-government-was-forced-to-concede-it-had-conflated-sex-and-gender-identity-in-the-census-amendment-scotland-bill/">Back from the brink: how the Scottish Government was forced to concede it had conflated sex and gender identity in the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2021/12/05/back-from-the-brink-how-the-scottish-government-was-forced-to-concede-it-had-conflated-sex-and-gender-identity-in-the-census-amendment-scotland-bill/embed/#?secret=jsldCG8xWc" width="600" height="338" title="“Back from the brink: how the Scottish Government was forced to concede it had conflated sex and gender identity in the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill” — Murray Blackburn Mackenzie" data-secret="jsldCG8xWc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/pexels-photo-9816.jpeg1880776In 2018 the Scottish Government brought forward legislation to add new voluntary questions on gender identity and sexual orientation to the next Scottish census. The Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 2 October 2018. As introduced, the Census Bill also sought to amend the 1920 Census Act so that ‘sex’ […]