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.
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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 🤷♂️
- 4 hours
The only thing that matters is who wins the 2028 election. This can all be reversed and census is not until 2030
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There are still people who believe there is gonna be another election? Cute
Well an “election” for sure. And their supreme court will find a way to decide the midterms, somehow.
- BillDaCatt@lemmy.worldEnglish4 hours
Can’t single people out if everyone joins the party. I identify as trans now!
ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialEnglish
4 hours…Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
- ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish4 hours
What would prevent someone just claiming their identified sex as their census answer? What’s the penalty?
- NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish4 hours
They make a comparison with your birth certificate, then remove your right to vote because your documents are fake or whatever.
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The federal government doesn’t administer elections, that’s explicitly laid out in the constitution as a state power
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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.
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To determine voter eligibility? No, people move more than once a decade.
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That’s the point. Undercount more liberal areas so they have less representation.
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He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice, Obergruppenführer Strauss is coming to town
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To all the people who told us trump wouldn’t do bad thing x, y, and z. FUCK YOU.






