All Posts Tagged With: "u s census bureau"

Bureau wants same-sex couples to check the ‘married’ box on census form

By ERIC ADLER The Kansas City Star Legally, the federal government, Kansas, Missouri and 43 other states do not recognize same-sex marriages — the union of two men or two women. But one curious aspect of the 2010 U.S. Census? It does — whether gay marriage is legal or not. In fact, representatives of the [...]

8Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

GLBT community pressing for census question to declare sexual orientation

By Tom McGhee The Denver Post They’re here. By their own description, they’re queer. And a gay advocacy group wants the U.S. Census Bureau to ask them about it. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has launched “Queer the Census,” attempting to petition the census to start counting members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual [...]

17Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay, transgender persons could be in future census

(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year’s national population count, but counting the number of individuals who identify as gay, lesbian or transgender could be next. Census representatives told community leaders in San Francisco on Thursday that categories could be added in [...]

22Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued