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“LGBTQ advocacy groups are outraged after proposed questions regarding sexual orientation and gender identity were quickly removed from a just-released draft of the 2020 U.S. Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau, which is part of the Department of Commerce, is required to issue a list of categories it plans to track three years before the survey is conducted. Tuesday’s list showed categories ranging from race and gender to the type of plumbing in homes and the length of a person’s daily commute to work. Each category is followed by a table showing the federal agencies that rely on the data to make decisions about law enforcement, health care, equal employment opportunities and more.”

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THEY ARE LITERALLY ERASING LGBTQIA+ FOLKS FROM THE SURVEY, WHICH IS USED TO DETERMINE RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR COMMUNITIES.

When Trump visited Puerto Rico in October, he said that Hurricane Maria wasn’t a “real catastrophe” like Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina killed at least 1,836 in the US.

Maria killed at least 4,645 in Puerto Rico.

dad: thanks son! I really needed this today, the boys at work were making fun of my long legs again. what did you call it? :)