> For the LGBT question, the exact opposite is happening: People who want a head count of gays and transgender people believe the data will then be valuable in influencing federal policies and spending on projects that benefit LGBT people—or, more accurately, to benefit certain LGBT organizations.
See also the effort by certain ethnic groups to split into a special MENA category on the census, despite having passed as white successfully for the last entirety of history.
It's not about ability to conceal group membership.
> For the LGBT question, the exact opposite is happening: People who want a head count of gays and transgender people believe the data will then be valuable in influencing federal policies and spending on projects that benefit LGBT people—or, more accurately, to benefit certain LGBT organizations.
See also the effort by certain ethnic groups to split into a special MENA category on the census, despite having passed as white successfully for the last entirety of history.
It's not about ability to conceal group membership.