Next year, for the first time, the Uned Stat cens will unt same-sex upl who intify themselv as spo. Prevly the people were intified as unmarried partners. Gut host Jennifer Ludn discs the effort and s implitns for the gay rights movement wh mographer Gary Gat; he's a senr rearch fellow at the UCLA School of Law, and a member of "Our Fai Count," a cens advocy mpaign for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny.
Contents:
- HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR?
The cens survey, for example, asks rponnts to choose which bt reprents how they thk of themselv: “gay or lbian”; “bisexual”; “somethg else”; “I don’t know”; or “straight, that is not gay or lbian. 3 ln people England and Wal intify as lbian, gay or bisexual, cens data has revealed for the first people aged 16 and over, more than 1.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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