Mayor of London reforms gender options to recognise people who aren’t ‘male’ or ‘female’
by Nick Duffy, Pink News:
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed that the city is preparing to reform City Hall’s gender options to recognise trans and intersex peopl
At present, consultations launched by the Mayor’s office only allow Londoners to specify their gender as either ‘male’ or ‘female’.
Mr Khan confirmed: “City Hall is reviewing the wording of the gender question in order to be more inclusive of non-binary, intersex and transgender people and will seek to apply the change shortly.”
However, he clarified that the bulk of the change may be held up due to ongoing deliberations around national data collection.
He said: “Demographic data collected for research purposes by the [Greater London Authority] is the same as collected by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).