Form pattern for asking about gender or sex

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Opportunity

A standard for how to ask for sex/gender in an inclusive way (if it's absolutely necessary in a form) that defaults to optional.

Explore common identity questions such as:

• Pronoun
• Title
• Marital status
• Gender identity
• Sexual orientation
• Sex assigned at birth
• Name on X document

Consider other types of equality information https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/equality-information/

Links

• https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVLzrzVyo=/
• Gender or sex alphagov/govuk-design-system-backlog#69
• https://design-system.service.gov.uk/patterns/gender-or-sex/
• https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/corporate/reports/summary-modernizing-info-sex-gender.html
• https://medium.com/pew-research-center-decoded/adapting-how-we-ask-about-the-gender-of-our-survey-respondents-77b0cb7367c0
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZSp1OP_Oi_R_1Vw3hOeZT9IZO2RBAy_aFdJbMzJuPNk/edit#slide=id.g31d438771d_0_665
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoBWalIDHX2L5pyfnS51JHHuSFVb3e5MxfNmttPXKX4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.w8iy961mnol4
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/139eFDyNRJe9opj9LEkxzx1QAEMIysfk5sY2feBwuhKA/edit?tab=t.0

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When would this information be requested or required?