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DOJ requested census include ‘sexual orientation and gender identity’ data

By Breccan F. Thies
Published July 31, 2023 9:26pm ET
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DOJ requested census include ‘sexual orientation and gender identity’ data
The Department of Justice sent a letter to the U.S. Census Bureau requesting it include questions regarding “sexual orientation and gender identity” in its national demographics collection, according to a Freedom of Information Act request. The inclusion of such data sets in the American Community Survey has been talked about since at least the Obama […]


The Department of Justice sent a letter to the U.S. Census Bureau requesting it include questions regarding “sexual orientation and gender identity” in its national demographics collection, according to a Freedom of Information Act request.

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