Erasing the designation for LGBTQ on census data gathering is tantamount to erasing those of us Americans who identify within those categories. Without the data, government agencies and others can erase support for those of us in need, like homeless youth who have been thrown out of their families because of who they are (how many you say, well, the census could tell us how bad a problem that is), elderly who might be victims of abuse because they are still “in the closet” (how many you say, well, the census could tell us how bad a problem that is), and many other examples. If we aren’t counted then we don’t count! You get that right?
It truly saddens me to know that my government doesn’t want to count me for whom I am. Allow me to steal from Sojourner Truth, “ain’t I a citizen and worthy of recognition?” Without statistics, legislatures and congresses can’t support legislation/financial aid to an unknown number of needy. Or, on the plus side, without statistics, we can’t know how well a particular community might be doing compared to other communities. Laws that currently protect LGBTQ rights to marriage, adoption, etc. can be nullified because there are no statistics to support the “need.”
Really, it is a coward’s approach to minimizing people with whom they disagreed. What would Jesus do? What will you do? Please contact your congressional delegations and object to the erasure of LGBTQ designations on the census forms for 2020. I did!
“I hate a liar more than I hate a thief. A thief is only after my salary, a liar is after my reality.” 50 Cent
1st Amendment - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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