Census will count gay couples who check "husband or wife"

Dan82 · Mar 31, 2010

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011483128_lgbtcensus31m.html?syndication=rss

Gay and lesbian couples who share a home may identify one another as "husband or wife" on their 2010 census forms if that's how they view their relationship — even if they have not legally married in any of the places where it is allowed.

And whatever they say on that form is precisely how the government will count them.

Advocates who have long sought a complete count of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community say this falls short but is still a partial breakthrough — one they say offers tacit acknowledgment of the very relationships the federal government legally denies...
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Just Adam · Mar 31, 2010

thats great news and perhaps it would show how many couples there really are

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