{
  "id": 440964,
  "title": "The census will ask about your sexual orientation. What should you write?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/the-census-will-ask-about-your-sexual-orientation-what-should-you",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-10T05:24:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/the-census-will-ask-about-your-sexual-orientation-what-should-you-write-289136"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Australian census will soon include a question about sexual orientation, asking people aged 16 and over to identify as straight, gay or lesbian, bisexual, or to specify their own term. Alternatively, respondents can choose not to answer or decline to specify. This addition aims to better represent the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, which have historically been underrepresented in national data.",
  "summary": "Maybe you live with your parents. Maybe you’re unsure. Here’s what to keep in mind if sharing your sexuality in a census question feels tricky.",
  "key_points": [
    "Census to include sexual orientation question",
    "Ages 16 and over required to answer",
    "Options: straight, gay/lesbian, bisexual, or specify"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}