Australia’s ‘most progressive’ census comes at personal cost to April – but it means their family will finally be counted

August 11’s national census will for the first time include questions about sexual orientation, sex at birth and gender

Self-professed “data nerd” April Long was excited to fill in their first census after welcoming their son, Kai, to the world.

But as they opened the 2021 survey, they quickly realised it wasn’t made for them.

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