| USA: Hundreds of federal surveys remove questions about sexual orientation and gender identity |
| On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order stating that the federal government would no longer recognize transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. Our new report finds that, following the order, approximately 360 federal data collections have removed at least one sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI) measure in the past year. Of the 360 removals, 338 removed the option for people to indicate their gender identity. However, 60 data collections also removed sexual orientation data elements, even though the executive order did not require it.SOGI measures were removed from various federal data collections, including administrative surveys and national surveys such as the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. |
| The impact of removing anti-transgender violence data in the US |
| Our new study, published in LGBT Health, examines the impact of removing gender identity questions from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), a nationally representative survey that tracks violent victimization in the U.S. Scholars explain why NCVS data matter and explore how eliminating gender identity measures will limit the ability of researchers, policymakers, advocates, and law enforcement to understand, monitor, and prevent violence against transgender people. |
International and Comparative SOGIESC Law - Professor Andreas R Ziegler 