Gay men prefer cities whereas lesbians prefer the country, census (finally) proves
The long-standing joke among the LGBTQ+ community finally has data behind it.
August 27, 2024
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Census Bureau Wants LGBTQ+ Americans to Be Counted
Phase 3.2 of the bureau's Household Pulse Survey asks about sexual orientation and gender identity, the first time such questions have been included.
August 6, 2021
Census Bureau to test questions to better represent the LGBTQ+ community
The test will be part of its annual American Community Survey and ask questions regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
August 30, 2024
At Least One Census Survey Will Include Sexual Orientation Question
It's not the Census Bureau's biggest survey, however, which backtracked on plans for such questions earlier this year.
September 28, 2017
U.S. Census Will Finally Count Gay, Lesbian Families
But the Census Bureau will only consider legally married same-sex couples in its new definition of 'family.'
September 19, 2014
More Than 1 Million Same-Sex Couples Live in the U.S., Census Says
This marks the first time this figure, drawn from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, has exceeded 1 million.
December 1, 2022
2010 Census Won't Recognize Same-Sex Marriage Responses
The U.S. Census Bureau will actively edit the responses of same-sex couples on the 2010 Census, classifying all legally married same-sex couples as 'unmarried partners.' "We are just showing the data published in a way that is consistent with the way every other agency publishes their data," Martin O'Connell, chief of the Census Bureau's Fertility and Family Statistics Branch, told the San Jose Mercury News Sunday.
July 15, 2008
Survey: LGBTQ+ Americans in Greater Financial Peril Than Others
New Census Bureau data finds more food and housing insecurity among LGBTQ+ people than straight and cisgender Americans.
August 13, 2021
A nonbinary Census? American Community Survey tests questions on sexual orientation and gender identity
The latest data collection also tries to use gender-neutral terms throughout.
November 13, 2024
Study: Same-Sex Couples Migrating to the Heartland
The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, released a report Monday documenting what it called "a gay demographic explosion" in some of the country's reddest of regions. Using recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the analyses show that the number of same-sex couples in the United States has quadrupled since 1990, growing at a rate 21 times that of the population. But increases have been the most dramatic in the Midwest, Mountain, and Southern states.
November 6, 2007
Dem Senators Pen Letter Asking Why LGBT Questions Were Omitted From Census
The senators hope to get an answer by June 19.
May 23, 2017
Till the Census Do Us Part?
National Black Justice Coalition CEO H. Alexander Robinson discusses the U.S. government policy that "requires all federal agencies to recognize only opposite-sex marriages for the purposes of administering federal programs."
December 12, 2008
Census Data Reveals Area With Highest Percentage of Same-Sex Couples
The newly released information finds about 1 million same-sex households living in the U.S.
September 17, 2020
More Than 20 Million Americans Identify as LGBTQ+, According to Report
The number is double what previous surveys have indicated.
December 15, 2021
