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Census time approaches once more (11/8) (info.census.abs.gov.au)
submitted 1 day ago by Tau@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Got my letter in the mail today, doesn't seem that long ago that we had the last one...

Census date is 11th of August if you haven't gotten the letter yet.

I note they're definitely trying to spread the load this time by highlighting you can do it as soon as you get the letter rather than waiting for the actual date. Smarter move - albeit less amusing - than everyone doing it on the night, crashing the servers, and the ABS claiming it was a DDoS attack (I mean most of the country accessing your server does fit the definition, but they asked for it).

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[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

These questions, which you say are irrelevant, are what the census use to determine how many trans people exist.

It won't do that, because it conflates intersex people and trans people.

If they wanted to do it in a useful way, they would also ask my actual legal/medical sex, not just information that is decades out of date. They could also explicitly ask if people are trans or gender diverse, instead of trying to infer it in a way that conflates two distinct groups

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

they would also ask my actual legal/medical sex

You can write your own sex in a text box which pops up after clicking on the tooltip.

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

it conflates intersex people and trans people.

Conflation happens downstream of the statistics. If an organisation is conflating intersex people with trans people, then that would be deserving of drawing attention to.

If you're annoyed that an individual might misinterprete the results, that's true of many statistics.

[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

They could also explicitly ask if people are trans or gender diverse

If you're MTF, then you'd select Male/Woman. It not only implies being trans, it's the definition itself.

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