“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. Duncan, a transgender woman, has questions about how sexual orientation and gender identity on Census Bureau surveys will offer insight into how many people are impacted by the recent anti-LGBTQ legislation across the U.S. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." David Goldman/AP Show More Show Less 14 of17 Gina Duncan, Equality Florida's Director of Transgender Equality poses for a photo Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. "I was stalking them to fill out the census form because mine didn't make a difference," said Scout. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community. Among LGBTQ people, the 2020 census questionnaire only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner. David Goldman/AP Show More Show Lessġ2 of17 13 of17 Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, talks to neighbors outside his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel invisible, not worth including in the U.S. The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." David Goldman/AP Show More Show Less 11 of17 Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, looks out from his balcony among the multi-family homes in his Providence, R.I. "There's no question I'm absolutely made invisible by the census." David Goldman/AP Show More Show Lessĩ of17 10 of17 Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, talks to a neighbor outside his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. David Goldman/AP Show More Show Less 8 of17 Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, sits in the entrance to his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022.
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David Goldman/AP Show More Show LessĦ of17 7 of17 A rainbow flower sits in the jacket pocket of Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, at his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Among LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn't live with his partner.
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David Goldman/AP Show More Show Less 5 of17 Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, stands in his backyard flanked by multi-family homes common in his Providence, R.I.
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3 of17 4 of17 Scout, a transgender man who uses one name, looks out from his balcony at his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday, June 8, 2022.