passports now offer an “X” in addition to “M” or “F”, for non-binary or intersex individuals. The Census Bureau’s request comes as President Joe Biden declared June as LGBTQ “Pride Month,” and as U.S. “Change is in the air,” said Kerith Conron, research director at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, which researches these issues. The results could provide much better data about the LGBTQ population nationwide at a time when views about sexual orientation and gender identity are evolving. Census Bureau is requesting millions of dollars to study how best to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity. Recognizing the difficulty of persuading people to reveal information many find sensitive, the U.S. “There’s no question I’m absolutely made invisible by the census.”
“I was stalking them to fill out the census form because mine didn’t make a difference,” said Scout, a transgender man who uses one name. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors in Providence, Rhode Island to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. head count.Īmong LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn’t live with his partner. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel left out of the U.S.
(AP) - The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy.