Comments on: Free sex change and relationship breakup, thanks to the census

By: More on Poly and Trans erasure in the Census « Complicity

More on Poly and Trans erasure in the Census « Complicity — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:34:54 +0000

[...] on from my recent post on how the Office for National Statistics “corrects” peoples gender and mari…, I asked them how often this had happened in the most recent three [...]

By: Free sex! (An SEO tip) « Complicity

Free sex! (An SEO tip) « Complicity — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:02:07 +0000

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By: Phoebe Queen

Phoebe Queen — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:15:26 +0000

Lying bullshit artists. There’s nothing illegal about being married and having another partner. Discussed this one at length with the Manchester registry office before getting married. In fact it was suggested that the fact that I knew full well that my wife had other partners when I married her and am quite happy for this to remain the case probably means i’d have a hard time if I wanted a divorce arguing that her “adultery” (or mine, although I haven’t had another partner since we got married) was of sufficient significance for us to divorce over it.

By: Liz Church

Liz Church — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:42:54 +0000

I remember fiddling data in an A-level physics practical class to get it to fit Stokes’ Law. Of course, it didn’t matter then. The ONS think they’re paying me a visit in June. Not now they won’t be…

By: Erasure and researcher bias « Anger is Justified.

Erasure and researcher bias « Anger is Justified. — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:34:21 +0000

[...] NO. [...]

By: Dan Q

Dan Q — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:26:22 +0000

I can't begin to explain how angry I am with their response (although I've had a go). How incredibly narrow-minded! Thank you for keeping on top of your FoI request, for the benefit of all of us. I suppose that the slight silver lining is that the historical record will be kept intact, so that those of us who filled in our censuses correctly (but in a way that they will treat as erroneous) have left an accurate record for future statisticians who might be a little less-bigoted.

By: Poly and the Census – Part Three | Scatmania

Poly and the Census – Part Three | Scatmania — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:15:05 +0000

[...] and all), they finally responded. The original request and the full response is online now, as is Zoe’s blog post about the response. But here’s the short version of the [...]