Friday, April 2, 2010

Is it time to "queer the Census?"

The 2010 U.S. Census aims to count same-sex couples for the first time in history, but single LGBT Americans have no way to record their sexual orientation or transgender status.

That has prompted some activists to get creative
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Jaime Grant, director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Policy Institute, says her group decided to print up pink stickers for single LGBT people to affix to their Census forms this year, with the goal of persuading the government to include questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the 2020 Census.