Other federal agencies already ask about sexual orientation, primarily in health surveys conducted by trained interviewers with respondents answering for themselves.
The bureau is particularly interested in examining how answers are provided by "proxies" such as a parent, spouse or someone else in a household who isn't the person about whom the question is being asked. The $10 million would be spent over several years to fund Census Bureau field tests of different wording and placement of questions that would appear on its annual American Community Survey. "Change is in the air," said Kerith Conron, research director at the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute, which researches these issues. 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. Census Bureau is requesting millions of dollars to study how best to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity. Recognizing the difficulty of persuading people to reveal information many find sensitive, the U.S. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." "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. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors in Providence, Rhode Island to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. headcount.Īmong LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel left out of the U.S. Parents, Man – The title really says it all.ORLANDO - The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. ‘At least you’ve got your priorities straight.'” Say Bi To The Mean Customer – Uhh… at least they acknowledged that bisexual people exist? Yay?īabies Are Better Out Than In – Well, there’s good news, and there’s… other news…Ī Sex Pool That Accepts Both Genders – “Sex Pool” is just the Deadpool adult film parody.ĭidn’t Get A Straight Reading Of The Situation – Hits from the comments: “I feel like Dad missed an opportunity to pun really hard here. No Wonder Why He Left Her… – Hits from the comments: “If there’s a Stairway to Heaven, but a Highway to HeII, that says a lot about the amount of traffic expected, don’t it?”
Shut Up Before I Go All Old Testament On You – Some people’s “love” looks an awful lot like hate.
Won’t Bi From Here Again – This cashier is completely lacking in charm. Saying Bi To This Friendship – Think outside the bi-nary, friendo.Ī Sexual-Orientation Nazi – And here we have an example of an entirely different, weird-a** binary.
We’ve uncovered twelve stories from the NAR archives about bisexual people and their struggle to be seen as their own orientation within the LGBTQIA community. Bisexual people tend to just “blend in” with either gay or straight people – but not today! Now, this might come as a surprise to some of you, but bisexual people… exist! They’re not just stopping for a while on their way to “gay-town,” but due to this, they do tend to go unnoticed by pretty much everyone.Įven the colors of the bisexual flag (pink represents sexual attraction to the same sex only, blue represents sexual attraction to the opposite sex only, and the resultant overlap color purple represents sexual attraction to both sexes ) showcase how the purple middle strip blends unnoticeably into the other colors.
This pride month, we’re creating a new series of LGBTQIA-themed roundups.