A leading advocate for evidence-based approaches to gender issues has described Professor Alice Sullivan's government-commissioned review as uncovering "a spectacular failure of common sense".
The independent report, published yesterday, found that police, NHS and even military bodies have systematically replaced biological sex with self-declared gender identity in official records.
The report found the practice has led to missed cancer screenings, misrecorded crimes, and potential risks to public safety.
Professor Sullivan's 226-page review found that from 2015, public bodies began collecting information on gender identity rather than biological sex, resulting in the loss of "robust and accurate data".
Carrie Clark, Director at Genspect UK, told GB News: "I think what Professor Sullivan's report has uncovered is just a spectacular failure of common sense.
"When you are admitted to a hospital, the doctor needs to know where to insert the catheter, not what your internal sense of identity is.
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"Equally, if you commit a crime using your genitals, then that is what is relevant, not your inner sense of identity."
Andrew Pierce said: "What I find astonishing about this, Carrie, is that this report by Professor Sullivan has identified that the eradication, or erasing, of people's sex has been going on by the state for the better part of a decade. Who allowed it? Who said they could do this?"
She explained: "I think institutional capture is such a huge problem in this area.
"We've had very powerful activist and lobby groups, like Stonewall and Mermaids, influencing the government, and I think these are still the groups that are called in to consult, even though we know that Stonewall has given advice about the Equality Act, which is not in line with the law.
"Still, very often, when the government reaches out to consult with people and when public agencies like the NHS and the police do that, it's these captured lobby groups that they turn to, and they provide a very singular view.
"For example, I saw a consultation document from the NHS not long ago about how sex and gender should be recorded, and one group had advocated for non-binary to be included as a category.
"Even though that completely eradicates any useful information about somebody's sex, they had argued that non-binary people would be too upset to engage with health services if they weren't given the option to record themselves in this way."
Women's rights campaigners have called on the Government to act swiftly on the report's recommendations.
Maya Forstater, chief executive of Sex Matters, said: "The problems are everywhere, from NHS records that do not record biological sex to police forces that record male sex offenders as women."
She added that "corrupted data standards have been set by bureaucrats insulated from the impact of their decisions, and competing for Stonewall awards."
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has shared the recommendations with other government departments for consideration.
A Whitehall spokesman stated: "This government is clear that the collection of accurate and relevant data is vital."
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The independent report, published yesterday, found that police, NHS and even military bodies have systematically replaced biological sex with self-declared gender identity in official records.
The report found the practice has led to missed cancer screenings, misrecorded crimes, and potential risks to public safety.
Professor Sullivan's 226-page review found that from 2015, public bodies began collecting information on gender identity rather than biological sex, resulting in the loss of "robust and accurate data".
Carrie Clark, Director at Genspect UK, told GB News: "I think what Professor Sullivan's report has uncovered is just a spectacular failure of common sense.
"When you are admitted to a hospital, the doctor needs to know where to insert the catheter, not what your internal sense of identity is.
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"Equally, if you commit a crime using your genitals, then that is what is relevant, not your inner sense of identity."
Andrew Pierce said: "What I find astonishing about this, Carrie, is that this report by Professor Sullivan has identified that the eradication, or erasing, of people's sex has been going on by the state for the better part of a decade. Who allowed it? Who said they could do this?"
She explained: "I think institutional capture is such a huge problem in this area.
"We've had very powerful activist and lobby groups, like Stonewall and Mermaids, influencing the government, and I think these are still the groups that are called in to consult, even though we know that Stonewall has given advice about the Equality Act, which is not in line with the law.
"Still, very often, when the government reaches out to consult with people and when public agencies like the NHS and the police do that, it's these captured lobby groups that they turn to, and they provide a very singular view.
"For example, I saw a consultation document from the NHS not long ago about how sex and gender should be recorded, and one group had advocated for non-binary to be included as a category.
"Even though that completely eradicates any useful information about somebody's sex, they had argued that non-binary people would be too upset to engage with health services if they weren't given the option to record themselves in this way."
Women's rights campaigners have called on the Government to act swiftly on the report's recommendations.
Maya Forstater, chief executive of Sex Matters, said: "The problems are everywhere, from NHS records that do not record biological sex to police forces that record male sex offenders as women."
She added that "corrupted data standards have been set by bureaucrats insulated from the impact of their decisions, and competing for Stonewall awards."
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has shared the recommendations with other government departments for consideration.
A Whitehall spokesman stated: "This government is clear that the collection of accurate and relevant data is vital."
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