Where Is D.C.’s Transgender Data?

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Where Is D.C.'s Transgender Data?
Posted by Amanda Hess
08 July, 2010


http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/07/08/where-is-dcs-transgender-data/


In June, the Mayor's Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs Affairs released the District's first report on the health of gay, lesbian, and bisexual residents [PDF]. At the report's conclusion, it admits to several limitations. Including this one: "there were no questions asked about transgender residents."

Why did the report omit the T in GLBT? "The short answer is that we didn't have any data to report," says Christopher Dyer, Director for the Mayor's Office of GLBT affairs. "[Trans-specific health] is a brand new field of research at the government level."