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News (USA)
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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Commentary
What 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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Politics
There are approximately a million same-sex households in America
…That the government knows about.
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News (World)
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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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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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News (USA)
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.
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Commentary
Anti-gay bigot Matt Barber mad at feds for acknowledging same-sex couples
Matt Barber of the right-wing Liberty Counsel is angry at President Obama and the Census Bureau for recognizing same-sex couples.
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News (USA)
2010 Census count of gay couples is reduced
The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday unveiled new data revealing that 131,729 married same-sex couples and 514,735 same-sex unmarried couples live in the United States. Based on information compiled as part of the 2010 Census — the first time ever data on gay couples was collected as part of the effort — the new figures […]