According to HuffPost,Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday to include sexual orientation and gender identity on the U.
S. census.
Called the Census Equality Act, the bill would require the Census Bureau to incorporate questions about one’s sexual orientation and gender identity to the census by the year 2030.
Democratic Senators Kamala Harris and Tom Carper introduced the bill on Tuesday to promote equality and visibility for those in the LGBTQ+ community. Backed by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, and Corey Booker,and Tim Kaine, the bill aims to wait on LGBTQ people receive any government assistance that they may need.
Senator Harris released a statement on Tuesday, or claiming,“The spirit of the census is that no one should go uncounted and no one should be invisible.”Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com