I don't happen to be one of those who would refuse, but some might.

Another excerpt from the OP article -

So they know where all of the LGBTQ people are. I'm quite certian this info will never be misused under the new admin.....

If they ask me anything like that, I'm going to lie. It's so sad to say, but I don't think GLBTs are safe these days. We don't need to make it easy for the fascists to round us up.

It's gonna be Animal Farm writ large when the 2025 Plan Billionaires get their way.

Yep - I have started to remove anything that identifies my orientation from online. I don’t trust the incoming administration at all. I will also not answer them on medical information moving forward.

and always has been a truthful answer However, now I just want to answer "whatever". Why do you need to know this?

it will be hilarious to see how America's GLBT population ebbs and grows depending on what the current dominate political philosophy is at the time

Skew the data and toss some glitter on the form, maybe after a light application from a glue stick.

Think of it like how the Danes, including the king, all turned out wearing a Star of David after the Nazis demanded all Jews in Denmark wore the Star.

And between now and then, let your LGBTQ+ friends know they have your love and support. If we do not hang together, we surly hang separately eventually. I think somebody wise and famous made that point a few years back.

That seems very intrusive. What's next, religion? (shhh)

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All mentions of LGBTQ identities are going to be deleted from research and survey categories.

Sadly, this will have tragic and preventable consequences in terms of not only mental health outcomes, but the fight to end or at least extirpate HIV/AIDS --- which is currently within our grasp.

They will still, however, be able to access medical records, and will be able to see who is taking gender confirming hormones, PrEP, doxy-PEP, etc. So some of their draconian list-making can still go on.

They can still access all state marriage records and Social Security filings to see if you have a relationship with a same sex partner. It will be much easier to access these two records than medical records, I would bet.

If I were a part of any sexual minority. Not now for damn sure

period.

Can't they just ask the NSA or Google? I'm sure they have all of our browser histories already.

But unfortunately what has happened, which is being reflected in almost every post in this thread, is that people are now thinking of "the government" as "the-gestapo-in-waiting" due to what happened with this election.

The past several decades, the LGBTQA+ community has fought to be "recognized" and with the Biden Administration listening to those calls, the Census Bureau was tasked to attempt to do that by finally providing some options to get someone's gender "right" (how individuals define it for themselves).

Now in the aftermath of this election and threats of "making lists", I can see how that would cause terror.

were generally asked a/s/l , standing for age, sex, and location, as a casual, non-required introduction. Many of us, being smartasses, had various smartass answers, such as: a- older than god, s- not nearly enough, and l-- wherever I want to be.

I am guessing that such answers will not be an option?

there are "write-in" fields, so someone might have at it there.

a la Tim Walz "Mind your own damn business".

I think the original intent was to be "inclusive" because the Census DOES track various subjects by gender and the typical standard choice of "male" or "female' wasn't working for many in the LGBTQA+ community.

But now with a loon administration coming in, this brings about big concerns unfortunately.

It's basically marking yourself for death.

To include this but I think the courts said to get the census started..it’s a constitutional timeline

but 45 was trying to get the "citizen" nonsense on the actual Census form and I think that was struck down by the courts.

I may reinvest myself, make up all kinds of shit like I am a God sent on a jewish space laser

I'll usually straight but you are really doing it for me.

like back in the day. They used to compare college admissions lists with the lists at the local draft board. If you didn't show on the draft board list you might get a knock on the door.

that's all.

when the next census actually rolls around, but not for reasons most on here would think.

This DON'T pass the smell test at all.

Like signing your own death warrant.