Res. No. 334
Title
Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to reintroduce and pass, and for the President to sign the LGBT Data Inclusion Act
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By Council Members Dromm and Koslowitz
Whereas, The 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey of 6,450 transgender and gender non-conforming people showed that transgender people experience unemployment, homelessness, harassment and barriers to health care related to their transgender identities at much higher rates than the general population; and
Whereas, 41 percent of respondents to the 2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey reported having attempted suicide; and
Whereas, In a 2009 Lambda Legal survey of 4,916 people nationwide, 55 percent of lesbian, gay or bisexual respondents and 70 percent of transgender and gender-nonconforming respondents reported experiencing discrimination in medical care, ranging from refusal of medical services to harassment or physical abuse; and
Whereas, A 2016 study by the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute found that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults experience food insecurity at nearly double the rate of non-LGBT adults; and
Whereas, The targeting of policy decisions and the allocation of public services necessary to address these problems rely on accurate demographic data; and
Whereas, According to the Williams Institute, demographic data regarding sexual orientation and gender identity is not currently collected as part of any federal population survey; and
Whereas, In recent years, academic institutions and polling organizations have reached different conclusions when attempting to estimate the percent of U.S. adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender; and
Whereas, In recognition of these facts, in October 2016 the City enacted Local Law 128, requiring city agencies that collect demographic data in connection with the provision of social services include in thei...
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