The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to the rules governing the 2030 US Census, including a requirement that could make questions about biological sex mandatory for respondents, a change critics say could effectively force transgender people to disclose their trans status to the federal government.
Well that’s a good way to get people not to do the census.
That’s the point. Undercount more liberal areas so they have less representation.
If it just says ‘biological sex’ without defining it then I’m marking male, because anatomy and hormones are both a part of your biological sex 🤷♂️
Anatomy and hormones you produce, yes. Injecting yourself with massive amounts of synthetic testosterone or estrogen isn’t part of your biological sex. Just mark whatever the hell you want, it’s a stupid survey. If you need it to validate yourself you have a lot bigger problems.
Synthesis is not abiological. On the contrary, synthesis implies that the formation of a substance was intended by a biological organism.
Sure but it wasn’t your biology.
Personally I don’t think they’d be able to tell the difference between someone not responding and a response being lost in the mail. The USPS is notoriously unreliable and should be privatized, donchaknow.
Can’t single people out if everyone joins the party. I identify as trans now!
holy shit this is the kind of effective cis allyship we need
I’m right there with you.
…Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
The only thing that matters is who wins the 2028 election. This can all be reversed and census is not until 2030
2028 is the start of resistance mate. By 2030 we’re either in foxholes or, at best, working towards building a class conscious movement that will inevitably be broken by capital. You gotta think beyond the next election. This level of corruption isn’t being fixed by a midterm or a single presidential run.
There are still people who believe there is gonna be another election? Cute
Yea i mean im voting in November. Hopefully you are too? There was a primary, there’s volunteers, we’re having an election in november??
Im not coz luckily I dont live in the United States of Pedophilia. But dont get me wrong, I hope for you that youre going to have elections in 28, pretty sure you wont though.
Well again, we’re having an election in November. And we’re all eagerly waiting. You theory will be more sound if you wait until November and interpret the results. It will certainly be relevant. Which country is it that you live in? Must be nice to not have a far right political party creeping into ultimate power??? Obviously you’re not from Germany, right???
What are you on about? I honestly cant tell. Are you replying to someone else? Who said Im not afraid of far right politics? All I said was Trump wont allow elections in 2028, hed rather take down the whole country with him. And regarding “waiting for the results in November”, sure. If Republicans get the majority of votes, theres no reason for them to prevent elections in 28 Ill give you that, but if that happens you guys are more fucked than I could have imagined.
As said in the article, you can publicly comment on the proposal here: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/USBC-2026-0628-0001
To all the people who told us trump wouldn’t do bad thing x, y, and z. FUCK YOU.
It could mean “forced outing”. It could also mean “non-representational census data”. People can lie just like trump.
What would prevent someone just claiming their identified sex as their census answer? What’s the penalty?
They make a comparison with your birth certificate, then remove your right to vote because your documents are fake or whatever.
The federal government doesn’t administer elections, that’s explicitly laid out in the constitution as a state power
the government does not get free access to census responses, either. it’s protected data. the census bureau produces statistics and numbers, it is not a surveillance arm for the feds. it has to be that way, otherwise half the country or more would either lie or not respond at all.
ah, fascists and their lists.
He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, Obergruppenführer Strauss is coming to town
Oh we’re close enough to the election that they gotta bully trans people for votes… will it work again?
Start? They haven’t stopped, the only ones who have recently started joining in with them area a bunch of Dems.
