Your passport might *say* 'sex'
I've been arguing for some time that it actually captures and records (and assumes you have) 'gender', not sex.
My litmus test: if you can change it, it's gender.
Here's the home office conceding it has your 'gender' on it.
https://twitter.com/FiLiA_charity/status/1201793298601521153 …
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I suspect, rather than conceding that sex is not needed at all, the home office are adopting an "acceptable level of data corruption" by allowing a limited proportion of people to corrupt their own data. It's relying on a double standard I think sex is still valuable ID data.
I think to avoid fudging this we as a society will need to be clearer where sex matters (and therefore the information shouldn't be corrupted) and where people have a right to privacy about their sex (and it shouldn't be recorded)
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Absolutely agree. And it's just occurred to me how obvious it is that 1. The govt KNOWS they need SEX data on passports 2. Is prepared to make these concessions: a. Pretence that it is gender data b. Acceptable limits of data corruption based upon this exact case. Here's why:
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IF they genuinely wanted to record 'feelings' data on passports, which is what they claim the data currently represents (For what possible practical use?) they would not be contesting this case.
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Risk assessment in airport travel takes into account a person's sex (e.g. not sitting a man next to an unaccompanied child). ID makes no difference to other issues (personal searches). I bet it won't make a difference to what prison a person gets sent to in certain countries.
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