Surveys that are funded by the federal government often do not ask questions about sexual orientation or gender identity. So we can't necessarily present the evidence of things that we just know instinctively to be true. And so I just reintroduced a bill, the LGBTQIA statistics or data collection bill. that basically says if we're doing a federal survey, taxpayers are funding it, and it's Relevant that you should ask voluntarily for disclosure of sexual orientation or gender identity so that we can actually name things that we know. (24:32–24:58)
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