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Census wants to know how to ask about sexuality and gender

Gina Duncan, Equality Florida's Director of Transgender Equality poses for a photo Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Duncan, a transgender woman, has questions about how sexual orientation and gender identity on Census Bureau surveys will offer insight into how many people are impacted by the recent anti-LGBTQ legislation across the U.S. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Gina Duncan, Equality Florida's Director of Transgender Equality poses for a photo Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Duncan, a transgender woman, has questions about how sexual orientation and gender identity on Census Bureau surveys will offer insight into how many people are impacted by the recent anti-LGBTQ legislation across the U.S. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, looks out from his balcony among the multi-family homes in his Providence, R.I. neighborhood, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. head count. (AP Photo/David Goldman) A rainbow flower sits in the jacket pocket of Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, at his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting millions of dollars to study how best to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity. 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. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, looks out from his balcony at his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. head count. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, sits in the entrance to his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. head count. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, stands in the entrance to his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. head count. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, sits in the entrance to his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Among LGBTQ people, the 2020 census questionnaire only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. "I was stalking them to fill out the census form because mine didn't make a difference," said Scout. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, stands in his backyard flanked by multi-family homes common in his Providence, R.I. neighborhood, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. head count. Among LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, talks to neighbors outside his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Among LGBTQ people, the 2020 census questionnaire only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. "I was stalking them to fill out the census form because mine didn't make a difference," said Scout. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." (AP Photo/David Goldman) Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, talks to a neighbor outside his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Among LGBTQ people, the 2020 census questionnaire only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. "I was stalking them to fill out the census form because mine didn't make a difference," said Scout. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Census wants to know how to ask about sexuality and gender