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LGBTQ+ questions begin the test phase for the Census Bureau’s annual community survey
The questions are a “major development” for the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in Census Bureau data.
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Census Bureau hopes to test questions on LGBTQ+ identities in its largest annual survey
Surveys like this one are key to helping the government determine what kind of public assistance certain communities need.
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Conservatives sue Census, saying it’s collecting “inappropriate” information
The lawsuit targets the American Community Survey, which added questions to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity.
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CommentaryWhat the U.S. Census means to LGBTQ people & why you should fill it out. Now.
An under-count could starve our communities of much-needed funding and shift political representation in ways that negatively impact LGBTQ people.
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There are approximately a million same-sex households in America
…That the government knows about.
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This Muslim country’s support for transgender rights shames the U.S.
Pakistan has transgender policies that would be political poison in the U.S.
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No, the census is not really erasing LGBTQ people
You can’t “erase” LGBTQ people from the census since they’ve never counted us.
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ICYMI: What happened this week in just 3 minutes
Matt Baume offers a quick, queer debrief of the week’s news for the LGBTQ community.
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These 2 moves by the Trump administration will hurt LGBTQ Americans
Under orders from Trump officials, the 2020 Census will exclude questions about sexual orientation and gender, basically erasing LGBTQ Americans.
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U.S. Census Bureau to recognize married, same-sex couples as families
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Census Bureau will begin recognizing married, same-sex couples as families in its 2013 American Community Survey report, due out in September.
