Census wants to know how to ask about sexuality and gender
LA TimesScout, a transgender man who uses one name, stands in the entrance to his home in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday. “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. Recognizing the difficulty of persuading people to reveal information many find sensitive, the U.S. Census Bureau is requesting millions of dollars to study how best to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity. “It’s exciting.” The Census Bureau’s request comes as President Biden declared June as LGBTQ Pride Month, and as U.S. passports now offer an “X” in addition to “M” or “F”, for nonbinary or intersex individuals. A report from a working group of U.S. agencies recommends that sexual orientation be asked separately from gender identity and that language used for older adults be tweaked when asking teens questions, since their preferred terminologies, like “queer,” may be different.
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