You asked

Please can you supply a list of any organisations or individuals who were consulted for the information in your publication of 21/02/2019 'What is the Difference Between Sex and Gender'?

Were any Intersex groups consulted specifically for the information on VSDs or intersex conditions?

We said

Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding the article '*What is the difference between sex and gender?*'.

In addition to broad consultation within ONS, we contacted 16 people across the following organisations for comment and input during the drafting process of the article:

  • Department for International Development (now Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

  • Equality Diversity Forum

  • A Gender and Family Studies Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)

  • Government Equalities Office

  • Home Office

  • National LGB&T Partnership

  • Scottish Government

  • Stonewall

  • UK Intersex Association

  • Welsh Government

We received responses from 12 people across the following organisations:

  • Department for International Development

  • Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES)

  • Government Equalities Office

  • Home Office

  • National LGB&T Partnership

  • Scottish Government

  • Welsh Government

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