Questions about sexual orientation and gender identity dumped from census - News Summed Up

Questions about sexual orientation and gender identity dumped from census


The ABS has decided not to proceed with questions on gender identity, sexual orientation, respondents’ journey to education and smoking. “A raft of major national health organisations support collecting data on sexuality and gender identity in the 2021 census,” he said. Since becoming prime minister in August 2018, Scott Morrison has been criticised from LGBTI equality advocates for politicising sexuality and gender identity. In the 2016 census, the ABS gave census respondents the option to identify as neither male nor female but “other” in both the sex and gender categories. “Other” in the gender category refers to “adults and children who identify as non-binary, gender diverse, or with descriptors other than man/boy or woman/girl”.


Source: The Guardian October 04, 2019 20:00 UTC



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