Questions about sexual orientation and gender identity could be coming soon to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, which collects detailed information about American life. Last week, the ...

The U.S. Census Bureau under the Trump administration has sought permission to delete questions about gender identity from a monthly survey that gathers near real-time data about American life. The ...

Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. JD Vance, a Cincinnati Republican, is challenging a Census Bureau plan to begin asking questions about respondents’ gender identity, arguing that doing so would “advance ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — Sens. Marco Rubio, R- Fla., and J.D. Vance, R-Ohio., sent a letter to U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos last week demanding the agency drop its proposed gender identity ...

The U.S. Census Bureau wants to ask American residents about their sexual orientation and gender identity, a move seen by activists as a long-overdue form of formal recognition that happens to be ...

The U.S. Census Bureau this year plans to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for its most comprehensive survey of American life. The test questions will be sent to 480,000 ...

FILE - A protester is silhouetted against a trans pride flag during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital, Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, file) ...