Do ask, do tell

摘要

THE 22 OFFICIAL surveys that estimate the number of lesbian, gay and bisexual Britons would disgrace the back of an envelope. According to one, 0.9% of Britons are not heterosexual. Another puts that figure at 5.5%: Guesstimates for the transgender population are fuzzy, too. The government "tentatively" reckons there are 200,000-500,000. So Lisa Power, who co-founded Stonewall, an lgbt charity, says she is delighted that statisticians plan to ask for the first time about sexual orientation and gender identity in the next census, in 2021. "If you don't count, you don't count."