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Equality and Human Rights Commission had ‘heavy-handed’ influence on gender questions In 2022 for the first time respondents can self-identify their sex instead of declaring what is on their birth certificate. BULAT SILVIA/GETTY IMAGES Jeremy Watson Thursday November 04 2021, 12.01am, The Times A human rights body has been accused of “heavy-handed” influence on guidance that will allow transgender people to self-identify in the collection of data by public bodies from next year. The “What is your sex?” question in forms will for the first time tell respondents that they can self-identify their sex instead of declaring what is on their birth certificate. Policy analysts claim a document trail shows that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a statutory UK body, put “extreme external pressure” on civil servants in Scotland to alter their initial proposals during a consultation period. Roger Halliday, the Scottish government’s chief statistician, who produces guidance for publi...

  Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor, quit her post at the University of Sussex after allegations that she had been forced out by students who opposed her views on gender University gender course offered by Advance HE is unlawful, barrister says Jonathan Ames , Legal Editor | Ben Ellery Saturday November 06 2021, 12.01am, The Times Share Lawyers and campaigners say that a university training scheme on gender identity is “totalitarian and unlawful”. The latest row centres on a scheme called Athena Swan that is offered by jAdvance HE, formerly the Higher Education Academy, a charity that advises education institutions. The organisation has a pivotal role in financing academics because those bidding for funds from UK Research and Innovation must complete an equality and diversity statement that is likely to have been compiled under its advice. Concerns about the programme mirror those about advice on gender identity provided to businesses and public bodies by Stonewall. In a lette...