NY eyes data collection on LGBT residents under proposed law

[Kamaji]

NY eyes data collection on LGBT residents under proposed law

By Carl Campanile   
July 2, 2023

A proposed law would require New York state agencies to collect data that more precisely identifies residents who identify as lesbian, gay and transgender, The Post has learned.

The state Legislature passed a bill ordering agencies that collect data regarding ancestry or ethnic origin to also ask about sexual orientation or “gender identity expression.”

“Data collection on the LGBT community is so important because we’ve been invisible in the eyes of government,” said Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan), a sponsor of the bill along with Assemblyman Harry Bronson (D-Rochester).

“The LGBT community has to be counted,” Hoylman-Sigal said.

He said other states, including California, already check on the LGBT status of their residents, and New York — birthplace of the LGBT movement — should step up.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/02/ny-eyes-data-collection-on-lgbt-residents-under-proposed-law/

[Smokin Joe]

Ruh-roh.
Their time as "activists" is almost over.
Next thing you know they'll be wearing pink triangles...

[mountaineer]

Next thing you know they'll be wearing pink triangles...

You'd think that would have occurred to someone like Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

[PeteS in CA]

A prelude to quotas, probably.