Australia adds optional gender identity and sexual orientation questions to census
- MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australians for the first time can reveal their sexual orientation and whether they identify as a different gender than the one recorded at birth — contentious debut questions in the latest census that occurs every five years.
- The 66-question census, held on Tuesday, Aug.
- 11, is the first under a center-left Labor Party government since 2011.
Confirmed
- MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australians for the first time can reveal their sexual orientation and whether they identify as a different gender than the one recorded at birth — contentious debut questions in the latest census that occurs every five years.
- The 66-question census, held on Tuesday, Aug.
- 11, is the first under a center-left Labor Party government since 2011.
Sources: ABC News, Times of India