Why not just ask about sexual orientation or gender identity in the Census?

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Why not just ask about sexual orientation or gender identity in the Census?
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Guest Blogger
February 5, 2010 10:30 AM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/why_not_just_ask_about_sexual_orientation_or_gende.php


The 2010 Census is historic for LGBT communities. For the first time the census will count same-sex married couples, even if we live somewhere our relationship isn't recognized. It is also important to know that transgender respondents are counted as the gender with which they identify.

These remarkable qualities of the census, however, do not cancel the importance of the question I'm asked most: Why does the census not ask about sexual orientation or gender identity?