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Federal surveys trim LGBT questions, alarming advocates
Associated Press ^ | Mar 20, 2017 4:57 PM EDT | Matt Sedensky

Posted on 03/20/2017 5:00:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai

LGBT advocates are questioning the Trump administration’s quiet deletion of questions on sexuality from two federal surveys.

Combined with the withdrawal of another planned survey evaluating the effectiveness of a homelessness project for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth, the moves have alarmed watchdogs who worry they may point to a manipulation of government data collection to serve the ideology of a government they view as hostile to their causes.

“In an age when LGBT rights are such a part of the national discussion, the Trump administration is choosing to not only ignore us but erase us from the discussion,” said Laura Durso, vice president of the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit liberal advocacy group. She worried officials might be rolling back such data collection elsewhere. …

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: communityliving; cultureofcorruption; federalsurvey; hhs; homofascism; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; obamunism
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1 posted on 03/20/2017 5:00:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Why would an LGBTSAEISO9000IEEE... want the government in their business?


2 posted on 03/20/2017 5:11:22 PM PDT by posterchild (Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne.)
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To: Olog-hai

....(It) removes a single query asking whether a respondent is gay, lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual from a battery of demographic questions...

Why does that need to be included?


3 posted on 03/20/2017 5:12:05 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: Olog-hai

100% of these confused people are mentally ill, IMO.


4 posted on 03/20/2017 5:15:05 PM PDT by WENDLE (DEFEAT RINOCARE!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

Why do LBQxyz care what others think about their sex habits? Attention whores is all I can come up with.

Just poke your stuff wherever you want and keep it private.


5 posted on 03/20/2017 5:18:24 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Olog-hai
they may point to a manipulation of government data collection to serve the ideology of a government they view as hostile to their causes

How do they think those questions got there in the first place?

6 posted on 03/20/2017 5:20:02 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: posterchild

Asspress bucketlickers don’t want anything but one hundred percent of the commie agenda kept in place.


7 posted on 03/20/2017 5:22:51 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Olog-hai

“a government they view as hostile to their causes”

There are no GROUP causes under our Constitution. Period.


8 posted on 03/20/2017 5:25:31 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: Olog-hai
The GBLTs have gone from "The love that dare not speak its name" to "The love that just won't shut up."

Do what you want but keep it to yourself.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

9 posted on 03/20/2017 5:26:30 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Olog-hai
erase us

Yes, that would be the easiest thing to do.

10 posted on 03/20/2017 5:29:12 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Olog-hai

Whaaaaa, not enough AtTeNtIoN!!!!!


11 posted on 03/20/2017 5:33:51 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill

Liberty
Guns
Beer
Trump


12 posted on 03/20/2017 5:36:43 PM PDT by rickomatic
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To: Olog-hai

The fags and dykes can go to hell. Thank God for President Trump.


13 posted on 03/20/2017 5:53:41 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.it is hugh and series)
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To: Sasparilla

Private attributes should not be asked for at all. They should remain private.


14 posted on 03/20/2017 5:54:23 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.it is hugh and series)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Government survey:

Are you a poofter?
Will you put out for a handout?

Kiss Kiss


15 posted on 03/20/2017 6:09:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: Olog-hai

Winning, bit by bit by bit.


16 posted on 03/20/2017 6:10:29 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: Olog-hai
Center for American Progress, a nonprofit liberal advocacy group

Podesta's group, a/k/a the Hillary Clinton Think Tank.

17 posted on 03/20/2017 6:16:20 PM PDT by piasa
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18 posted on 03/20/2017 6:19:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rickomatic
Add women to that list and ya got yourself a deal.........


19 posted on 03/20/2017 6:36:24 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
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To: Olog-hai

They honestly do have a mental illness.....


20 posted on 03/20/2017 6:43:37 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Stay Calm and Carry.)
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