U.S. Census Wants to Ask About Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Source: U.S. News and World ReportThe U.S. Census Bureau asked the White House Tuesday for permission to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for people age 15 and above on the American Community Survey—its most comprehensive annual survey of life in the country—which collects data from 3.5 million households each year. Federal agencies are interested in the data for civil rights and equal employment enforcement, the Census Bureau said in a Federal...