'Queering the census' Society aims to get exactly gays equal weight as such on the U.S. census.

Jaime Grant was ecstatic when she discovered that the 2010 census, treatment on the number of its gays couple - the first time in the past.

Grant tried to think of a way to protest, which was not a boycott. Suddenly the idea struck - a bright cherry sticker for nation to put on the census envelope and check either "lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and straight ally."

Grant tried to think of a way to protest that was not a boycott. Suddenly the idea strike - a bright pink sticker for people to put on the census envelope to check either "lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people and straight partners."

"I thought, this is going to ring so hollow in our community," she says. "Many of us are not wedded. Many of us are not functioning. "

The Census Bureau does not match the results of the stickers, of course, but Grant hopes clothes will change when 2020 census rolls about.

Transsexuals who are encouraged to check the sex of the boxes, they can most identify with, also sought to be count as such.

It's not just about themselves expressions, she - the figures are valuable for her group to disprove stereotype about where and how people live gays.

"Whatever you do still fill out this form," said Yolanda Finley, a lecturer from the New York Regional Census Center. "It's the base line."




source:nydailynews.com