Counting gender and sexual identity in the Australian census

Lyons, Anthony; Rasmussen, Mary Lou; Anderson, Joel; Gray, Edith

doi:10.26181/60dd0dcb70a61

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Counting gender and sexual identity in the Australian census

journal contribution

posted on 2021-07-01, 00:35 authored by Anthony LyonsAnthony Lyons, Mary Lou Rasmussen, Joel AndersonJoel Anderson, Edith Gray

In this article, we outline why it is so important to include comprehensive gender and sexual identity questions in the census as well as several considerations that ought to be addressed in the course of including such questions.

History

Publication Date

2021-05-30

Journal

Australian Population Studies

Volume

5

Issue

1

Pagination

9p. (p. 40-48)

Publisher

University of Melbourne

ISSN

2208-8482

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