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flexibeastTomorrow Australia will take part in the 2006 Census. And thanks to the Australian Coalition for Equality, we queers have some guidance as to how we can complete the census form. Thankfully, it appears that - for once! - i don't have to specify that i'm 'male' or 'female': i can simply not mark either option and instead write 'transgender'. :-D So that's good!
On another matter i face a bit more difficulty. Supporting the PaganDash campaign, i intended to list my 'religion' (i prefer the term 'spirituality' myself, but there it is . . . .) as "Pagan - witch". The Australian Bureau of Statistics, however, classifies 'witches' as most close to 'Wiccans' - and i'm most assuredly not Wiccan. i'd much rather that i be put into any one or more of the "Paganism", "Pantheism" and/or "Satanist" categories. i'm hoping that using the "Pagan -" technique will result in me classifying as pagan, but i think i'm going to have to check with the census collector to make sure . . . .
On another matter i face a bit more difficulty. Supporting the PaganDash campaign, i intended to list my 'religion' (i prefer the term 'spirituality' myself, but there it is . . . .) as "Pagan - witch". The Australian Bureau of Statistics, however, classifies 'witches' as most close to 'Wiccans' - and i'm most assuredly not Wiccan. i'd much rather that i be put into any one or more of the "Paganism", "Pantheism" and/or "Satanist" categories. i'm hoping that using the "Pagan -" technique will result in me classifying as pagan, but i think i'm going to have to check with the census collector to make sure . . . .
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