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In a series of unpublicized revisions last month, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics has removed all references to gender or gender identity from at least four federal surveys, The Appeal has confirmed. Experts say these changes will make it nearly impossible to monitor crimes and other forms of violence experienced by trans people.

Federal data on trans people is critical because surveys on minority groups require large sample sizes to be accurate. The four newly modified surveys sample hundreds of thousands of respondents each year. Private organizations don’t have the resources to collect data at that scale.

“The removal of sexual orientation and gender identity questions from federal surveys is devastating to our understanding of LGBT populations’ health and wellbeing,” Ilan Meyer, senior scholar for public policy and sexual orientation law at the Williams Institute of UCLA, told The Appeal via email. “Such data is important for setting policy goals for interventions. The removal of sexual orientation and gender identity data will leave policymakers, researchers, and advocates with no valid information on the victimization of LGBT people.”

The DOJ did not respond to a request for comment

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250505215252/https://theappeal.org/trump-doj-erases-trans-people-from-crime-data-surveys/

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Time to put on a dress when committing a felony.

/s

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I saw the /s but just for clarification:
This is more about tracking hate crimes against trans people.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Sadly I'm betting they've added full on categories to it for suspects/perpetrators. Just removed the distinction from victims.