Young LGBTQI+ people want their diverse experiences reflected in census data, research finds

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  • Queer young people say they want to see questions about their gender identity and sexuality involved in formal data gathering
  • The former government directed the Australian Bureau of Statistics not to include questions about gender identity or sexual orientation
  • Young people say the exclusion makes their struggles feel invisible
Period30 Jun 2022

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Keywords

  • Queer young people
  • Census
  • Gender
  • Sexuality
  • Data
  • Civic participation
  • Data collection