Comment on Questions on sexuality and gender have been cut from the 2026 census. Why are LGBTQI+ people saying it's an omission?

NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  census is now identifiable

  Uh, no it isn’t?

  would encourage any member of a politically precarious minority to falisfy their census data

  This is a terrible idea. If you were somewhere that you might actually face legal repercussions for being gay that would be reasonable…though those places are also not likely to ask for your sexuality on the census. But in Australia, not being honest is a fantastic way to see that your demographic gets ignored.

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  • No1@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    census is now identifiable

    Uh, no it isn’t?

    Oh, my sweet summer child…

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    • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Idk what the current status is but last I checked they literally keep addresses and names in a Totally Secure ™ government database and just like hash (or some other “one way” crypto encoding) them when distributing subsets to researchers. Have they actually changed that policy of direct retention?

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      • No1@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The info in the other questions is what was pissing me off. That’s enough to ID you.

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  • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you should read research on deanonymising data. The government lies, they literally introduced a bill in 2018 trying to bam cryptography because some researchers embarrassed them by proving you could re-identity census data.

    Idk what planet you live on but the nsw government literally does eugenics on trans people. I had to get steralised to not have all my ID out me all the time and get the right title etc.

    You are young, things can change fast the pendulum of tolerance swings back and forth, Whig history is demonstrably false.

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