drmoreau
5th August 2007, 09:01 PM
The 2006 Census results (http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/PopularAreas?&collection=Census&period=2006&&navmapdisplayed=true&textversion=false) have recently been published... I went looking through them (out of curiosity) to see if they had any statistics at all on the GLBT (plus whatever other capitals are added these days) population in Australia.
Strangely (or not so), there was very little mention of anything about this - all I could find is "Relationships in Households" - which covered straight and same-sex couples.
There are a few things that provoked thought for me here:
(1) What percentage of Australians identify themselves as gay these days?
I know that figures are regularly quoted anywhere between 5-50%, but is there actually any reliable data?
(2) How do you think people (including the general public) would react to marking the 'gay, lesbian, straight, other' on a census form in the future?
(3) How would you feel about having your name officially linked to your sexuality if (2) became a reality? Do you think there is a still a certain degree of resentment to the explicit identification of the gay minority?
Interested to hear your thoughts.
Strangely (or not so), there was very little mention of anything about this - all I could find is "Relationships in Households" - which covered straight and same-sex couples.
There are a few things that provoked thought for me here:
(1) What percentage of Australians identify themselves as gay these days?
I know that figures are regularly quoted anywhere between 5-50%, but is there actually any reliable data?
(2) How do you think people (including the general public) would react to marking the 'gay, lesbian, straight, other' on a census form in the future?
(3) How would you feel about having your name officially linked to your sexuality if (2) became a reality? Do you think there is a still a certain degree of resentment to the explicit identification of the gay minority?
Interested to hear your thoughts.