Willingness to disclose sexual orientation and gender identity on federal government surveys: A community-based research study with gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men and nonbinary and Two-Spirit people in Canada
These findings suggest that government datasets may significantly misclassify and underestimate the population size of 2S/GBTQ+ individuals. Persistent mistrust of government institutions within this community may exacerbate underreporting and non-disclosure, underscoring the need for research into methodologies that can enhance trust and improve the accuracy of population estimates. Researchers using existing government datasets should consider using statistical methods to account for potential misclassification error.
Authors
- Everett Blackwell
- Nathan J. Lachowsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6336-8780)
- Kai Jacobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4610-043X)
- Kiffer George Card (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6545-1249)
- Ben Klassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8203-724X)
- Aki M. Gormezano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-130X)
- Rob Higgins
- Olivier Ferlatte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-4757)
- Coady Babin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4069-0394)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Northern British Columbia (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- Community Based Research Centre (CA)
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-025-01127-0
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Australian Government
- Canadian Blood Services
- Vancouver Foundation
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- Health Canada