greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 11
th, 2021 at 4:40pm:
Well, don't reject them.
Simples.
Bobby: "I'm gay".
Gweggy: "Okay, Bobby. I'm straight. Have a good day".
Bobby: "Thanks, you too".
That is completely different. Announcing that you are gay to someone in private is simply a way to let the person know you are homosexual, in the context of letting them know where you stand in terms of sexual orientation. You don't lead off with that as an opening statement when in a new social situation. If the context is right, such as someone hitting on you and you prefer the same gender (different to the person hitting on you), it would be okay to let them know you are gay. But, if I went around announcing that I am heterosexual to all and sundry, it would not only be really socially awkward after the first few, but I would be receiving reprimands for being sexually harassing towards people who were not interested in knowing my sexual preference.
So, if there was an option of whether you were heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, or whatever else, it would be irrelevant to the census data and would serve no purpose. Pretty soon, the question of religion might also be removed from the census question. But, "soon" might be for the 2031 census.