Columns — Urániahttps://urania.institute/en/opinion/Columns — Media about Russian and global LGBT history.Hugoen-usThu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0400Why Australia’s LGBT Census Is a Bad Ideahttps://urania.institute/en/opinion/2026/census-privacy/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0400https://urania.institute/en/opinion/2026/census-privacy/<p>In August 2024, the government of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Norman Albanese, together with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), declined to include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in the national census questionnaire, citing a reluctance to provoke a “divisive debate.” Activists and some parliamentarians saw this move as a betrayal, accusing the authorities of attempting to make minorities statistically “invisible.” Under intense political pressure, the cabinet backed down: on August 11, 2026, the census went ahead with an expanded list of questions.</p>