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No LGBTQ Category Included in Census Proposal for 2020 Count
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:49 am
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:49 am
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The U.S. Census Bureau did not include a separate count of LGBTQ Americans in its proposal for the 2020 Census.
The category had been sought by gay rights advocates.
The bureau counts Americans according to race, gender and other characteristics. Its proposal submitted to Congress this week did not have a separate category for LGBTQ.
A Census Bureau spokesman told The Washington Times that they had been asked by members of Congress to include the questions, and had been studying it — but determined there was no "federal need" for that information to be collected.
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Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:50 am to Rakim
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but determined there was no "federal need" for that information to be collected.
No shite
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:52 am to Rakim
Asking the wrong person if they are gay could have unintended consequences.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:52 am to Rakim
They should give them an "other" category where they can write in their perceived identity. That way we can get a better idea of just how many batshit insane unhinged loons there are in the country.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:52 am to Rakim
Give them an inch, they ask for 10 miles
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:53 am to Rakim
I won't reply to a census
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:53 am to Rakim
Don't
Care
Care
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:54 am to Rakim
We should include it. Then, we can dispel this myth that gays are a significant part of the population.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:55 am to CoachChappy
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We should include it. Then, we can dispel this myth that gays are a significant part of the population.
My thought as well. Not that I'm terribly interested in dispelling anything regarding gays, but I'd like to see the numbers of self-acknowledged.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:55 am to mmcgrath
quote:I learned this the hard way in South Central
Asking the wrong person if they are gay could have unintended consequences.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:56 am to Rakim
quote:
A Census Bureau spokesman told The Washington Times that they had been asked by members of Congress to include the questions, and had been studying it — but determined there was no "federal need" for that information to be collected.
There isn't a federal need to collect that information, good job Census Bureau.
Why waste time, money and energy on this? Why does the LGBTQFDXYZ community have this compulsion to tell everyone about their personal life?
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:57 am to Rakim
Might as well include categories for all behaviours such as adulterers, swingers, fornication, etc if you create that category. Everybody to their own but don't seek special protection and recognition for a behaviour.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 11:57 am to CoachChappy
They might underreport due to fears of being put in camps. 
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:00 pm to thelawnwranglers
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I won't reply to a census
And Rex will only bark at any census taker.
But hey, don't be fooled by the mustache and bulge in my pants, nor the blonde hair and blue eyes, I'm a Polynesian Islander woman damnit!
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:01 pm to CoachChappy
quote:Well at 2% that is still over 6 million people, not huge but also not an insignificant number.
We should include it. Then, we can dispel this myth that gays are a significant part of the population.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:01 pm to Ambassador
Because they want to know where they stand.
They have no idea how many gays are out there.
I don't want to know.
They have no idea how many gays are out there.
I don't want to know.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:03 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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There isn't a federal need to collect that information, good job Census Bureau.
The only thing the Census Bureau needs to know is how many people reside at a given residence. Nothing else. That's the sole responsibility given to it by the Constitution.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:05 pm to Rakim
Toddy isn't going to like this.
He needs to be more worried about automation replacing his partner with a robot who won't PIIHB.
He needs to be more worried about automation replacing his partner with a robot who won't PIIHB.
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:06 pm to TiptonInSC
quote:will make it a lot easier for the gov't to round up the queers
No shite
Posted on 3/29/17 at 12:08 pm to Quidam65
quote:Sure, but I think measuring enduring traits like sex, race (although that's somewhat arbitrary), and DOB are fine.
The only thing the Census Bureau needs to know is how many people reside at a given residence. Nothing else. That's the sole responsibility given to it by the Constitution.
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