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Census 2020 is Complicated for the LGBTQ Community, but It Counts

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By now, everyone should have received a mailing from the U.S. Census Bureau to get counted. I have complicated feelings about the census.

While the census is critically important to ensure a fair allocation of funding for services and political representation, it will not deliver the full acceptance and freedom of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

After all, it’s a government survey. It will not capture the breadth of human experience in America today. So why are my feelings about it “complicated? It’s About Me and Who I Am Some aspects of my identity are reflected in the census.

I’m gay. There is no census question asking about sexual orientation. Yet, the relationship question counts same-sex married spouses and

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