Census questions on trans and gender diverse people ‘critical’ and not too complex, health institutes tell Labor

Health bodies say the questions are needed to fill gaps in much-needed research

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Leading health experts have criticised the federal government for suggesting proposed LGBTQI+ questions should be excluded from the census because they were too complex" - arguing similar questions are already used elsewhere.

Versions of the proposed questions have been answered by 85,000 Australians in existing health surveys administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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