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Queer the Census

posted by [personal profile] rivers_bend at 09:31am on 26/03/2010 under , ,
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posted by [identity profile] cathybites.livejournal.com at 05:21pm on 26/03/2010
Dear George Takei,

Be more awesome.

oh wait, YOU'RE DOING IT.

<333
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 06:03pm on 26/03/2010
I know, right? it's like ten awesome people's awesomeness has been concentrated in one man! Amazing.

:D :D
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posted by [identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com at 07:22am on 27/03/2010
Hahaha! Best comment EVER!
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posted by [identity profile] maichan.livejournal.com at 05:43pm on 26/03/2010
OMG, LOVE YOU SFM, GEORGE!!!
Be Counted, Everyone <3333
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 06:04pm on 26/03/2010
How could he possibly be more amazing? I DO NOT KNOW! And his husband is wearing a tin hat. A TIN HAT. I am in love with their love.
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posted by [identity profile] fannishliss.livejournal.com at 06:31pm on 26/03/2010
DUDE, THOSE TWO MAKE ME CRY EVERY TIME!

HOW AWESOME ARE THEY!!!
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:30am on 27/03/2010
THEY ARE BEYOND AWESOME, REALLY. I was doing a little happy clappy dance in my chair while I was watching. TIN. HAT. STARFLEET. UNIFORM. I CANNOT EVEN.
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posted by [identity profile] rasah.livejournal.com at 06:43pm on 26/03/2010
a) they are adorable
b) it's cool that this is happening - that people are being counted in the cencus if they consider themselves married - but is it going to show how many couples consider themselves married but can't do it legally? I couldn't see a bit on the form for denoting that? (I'm in the UK, this might be something everyone over there knows about and I'm just being dim...)

also, I'm waiting very patiently for my sister and her hubby to be ready to watch 5x15 so that might not have made a lot of sense (my mind ain't exactly 100% focussed right now...)
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:36am on 27/03/2010
The census doesn't really show anything. You can get stickers to put on saying that you are queer or queer supportive, but all it asks is the relationship of the other person and their sex. I'm not even sure they correlate if the sex is the same or different from person 1. But yay for encouraging people to put they are married even if it's only in their church or community and not a state-recognized marriage :D

SHOW!
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posted by [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com at 01:06pm on 08/04/2010
I'm not even sure they correlate if the sex is the same or different from person 1.

They have in the past. I worked with Census data for a project several (more than ten) years ago, and there was information about same-sex couples who live together. Of course the census can only count couples who live together, but still, it was interesting. There also was information on the number of same-sex couples living together who had children in the household.

And single adults with children, roommates, relatives living together, etc., etc. The Census has some awesome stats geeks working there -- they crunch the data every way they can! :D
Edited Date: 2010-04-08 01:08 pm (UTC)
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 03:04pm on 08/04/2010
OH YAY! I'm so excited to hear that! Thank you! *takes off cynic hat and puts on data-geek hat*
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posted by [identity profile] deelaundry.livejournal.com at 01:12pm on 08/04/2010
PS. The Census also releases so much of its data in analysis-ready form that if the government doesn't calculate the number of same-sex couples who consider themselves married even though they live in a jurisdiction that prohibits same-sex marriage (they have zip code level data, don't forget), someone else will.

I need a "data groupie" icon. : )
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 03:06pm on 08/04/2010
\o/

I shall leave that to people who didn't cry when they had to do statistics work for their midwifery thesis, but I will be interested to see it!
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posted by [identity profile] loosair.livejournal.com at 06:47pm on 26/03/2010
George Takei is so awesome! And his husband is so nerdy it's adorable (the belly laugh from George at the end is brilliant!)

@ sister; it's nearly done :o)
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:37am on 27/03/2010
They are super awesome and geeky. :D
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posted by [identity profile] ennui-blue-lite.livejournal.com at 01:51am on 27/03/2010
As someone wiser than I once said, George Takei is a fucking pimp. He and his husband are so many levels of dorky awesome, and I love it!
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 04:48pm on 27/03/2010
They are the supreme in dorky awesomeness. It's amazing.

like your icon :D :D
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posted by [identity profile] halfshellvenus.livejournal.com at 07:21am on 27/03/2010
So adorable!

And also, "YAY!" for the underlying message.

Let the census processors try to quantify the kind of data they didn't expect, and cope with the freakin' truth.

This is how we move forward.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 04:53pm on 27/03/2010
They are awesome :D

I have no idea if they will even correlate the marital status sections and the gender sections, but I think standing up is important anyway. as you say. this is how we move forward.
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posted by [identity profile] daisylily.livejournal.com at 12:26pm on 28/03/2010
I have met George Takei several times (at conventions) and he is completely and totally amazing (and very, very silly, in the best possible way) XD

Those two make such an awesome couple - I was squealing with glee the whole time I was watching it :D

<3
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 04:47pm on 28/03/2010
I always love to hear about people being awesome at conventions :D In his case it doesn't surprise me at all.

They are RIDONK adorable. So perfect for each other!

*smishtwirl*
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posted by [identity profile] isabellvonb.livejournal.com at 09:34am on 29/03/2010
Yay! I read an article about this beautiful story, where George was intent on proposing to Brad when the gay marriage would be legal in California. But then they watched it on the news and in that very same moment Brad fell to his knees before the couch and proposed himself. Aww, I could hardly read the whole story because of my eyes swimming from the tears of joy I wept. Those two are so sweet and special and are such a great team after more than 20 years together, that is so rare and precious.
And me, being a trekkie and an a rainbow person and a tinfoil hat wearer myself, gotta love 'em! :D
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 07:12pm on 29/03/2010
oh my god, that is the cutest story EVER EVER. I'm all teary-eyed just reading your story of it! Thank you for sharing that! <3
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posted by [identity profile] victorian-tweed.livejournal.com at 12:12am on 30/03/2010
This is my moment of awesome for today! Thank you for sharing, darling! ♥

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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:51am on 30/03/2010
Don't they just give you a happy! I love them! :D
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