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
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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
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
Beware the Pitfalls of Estimating the Number of LGBT People
The author on a Williams Institute study of the size of the LGBT population explains why the numbers have set off such a firestorm.
September 2, 2011
With visibility comes violence: Increased awareness of transgender people leads to more hate crimes
Exclusive data shows in L.A. County and beyond, transgender people face increased risk of violent crimes as a result of their identity.
April 16, 2024
Nearly 20% of LGBT Renters Owe Back Rent, Half of Those Fear Eviction
LGBT people are much more likely to rent their homes rather than own them, compared to straight and cisgender individuals.
September 1, 2021
With Sanders Out, Is It Time to Vote Exclusively by Mail?
The days of going to a polling station may be drawing to an end.
April 8, 2020
Op-ed: Daddy and Me
Excluding families just because there's no mom in the picture can be quite toxic.
October 23, 2013
The country did a complete 180 on a once-divisive issue starting 20 years ago
The vast majority of Americans opposed same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004, when the first same-sex couples took their vows after a court decision in Massachusetts. Well, times have changed.
May 17, 2024
Many trans Americans are living in fear. But LGBTQ+ advocates see a reprieve in statehouses
The number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills being signed into law has shifted in the last year, leaving advocates feeling “cautiously optimistic” over a turning of the legislative tide.
April 16, 2024
Ready, Set, Marry!
Gay and lesbian couples throughout California are preparing to head to the altar as the state adopts marriage equality beginning today at 5 p.m.
June 17, 2008
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
LBTQ Women Must Unite to End Discrimination and the Pay Gap
The first-ever LBTQ Women Conference aimed to demonstrate that queer women from every background matter and that their voices count.
September 10, 2019
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
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