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Same-sex Households up 80% in Decade, Census Finds

OIA Staff — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:47:35 +0000

Emboldened by advances in gay and lesbian legal protections and overall acceptance, the number of Americans reporting that they are living together as same-sex couples skyrocketed by 80 percent over the past decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.Census figures released Tuesday show there were 646,464 same-sex households in the United States in 2010, compared [...]

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Shocking News: Conservatives Blast Census Bureau for Counting Gay Couples

OIA Staff — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:41:10 +0000

The U.S. Census Bureau has boosted its efforts of reaching out to the LGBT community, assuring gays and transgender people that they can be “true” to who they are when filling out census forms. Bigoted conservative groups, meanwhile, say the bureau is ignoring federal and state laws by allowing same-sex couples to list themselves as married [...]

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2010 Census and the LGBT Community: What these changes mean for you

OIA Staff — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:28:34 +0000

Throughout our nation’s history, the census has served to document and reflect our increasingly diverse and changing population. For the LGBT community, the first big change in the census occurred in 1980 when a “partner” category was added to the census questionnaire as a way to describe the relationship between two people in the household. [...]

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New study offers first demographic picture of same-sex spouses

OIA Staff — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:05:58 +0000

For the first time, the Census Bureau has released data in which same-sex couples who refer to one another as “husband” or “wife” are differentiated from those who refer to one another as “unmarried partners.” This study is the first to examine the difference and similarities among same-sex couples and married different-sex couples in the [...]

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Census Waiting Another 10 Years to Count Married Gay Couples?

OIA Staff — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:06:46 +0000

Weren’t we supposed to be celebrating our inclusion in the 2010 census? Too bad. You’re going to have to wait another 10 years. Citing the scattered state-by-state legality of same-sex marriage, the U.S. Census Bureau will not count married gays as, uh, “married”; they will be listed as “unmarried partners.” Their gayness, however, will be [...]

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Census Bureau: 150,000 Same-Sex Couples Report as Married in 2008

OIA Staff — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:10:12 +0000

Offering a preview of what’s to come in the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau has reported that almost 150,000 couples reported being in marriages last year: “About 27 percent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the United States said they were in a relationship akin to ‘husband’ and ‘wife,’ according to the Census [...]

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Same-sex unions a challenge for Census

OIA Staff — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:27:11 +0000

The Census Bureau faces logistical challenges next year in classifying legally married same-sex couples as married. The agency has said that the 2010 Census will report the number of married same-sex couples for the first time, a decision that thrills gay-rights advocates. It may seem like a simple change, but adjusting how the Census tallies [...]

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