• HurlingDurling@lemm.ee
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    7 minutes ago
    • presses “more oprions”*

    “I SEXUALLY IDENTIFY AS A A-10 WARTHOG! ALL HAIL THE BRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!”

  • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    I wish I knew the date and context of this. With words like “gay” and “woman” being censored out by the U.S. administration, I imagine that official government surveys might end up looking this stupid now.

    I also imagine the possibilty that some biased group is attempting to inaccurately count the number of participants that are/aren’t straight. If they put choices like “gay” or “bisexual” or “asexual” (if it’s even included) on a second page (after clicking “More options”), they’re creating friction for pretty much anyone who isn’t “straight.” That is, not everyone will bother going through another option page - they may settle for “Prefer not to answer” because it’s already right there in front of them. Then when totaling up the answers at the end, whoever’s using these data can simply omit the respondents that didn’t answer. Boom - just like that, it will appear as if a greater percentage of the group are straight. Such easy LGBTQ-erasure.

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    4 hours ago

    Reminds me of a copy of a gender selection form, where someone was probably overwhelmed by long words like “heterosexual” (6 syllables!), and wrote “straight” at the “other” option.

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      9 hours ago

      Seems like it’s some sort of digital intake form for a healthcare organization. The answer related to speaking with a doctor had me curious and googling “Epic healthcare” showed that company with matching logo as a healthcare software company.

      May be helpful information to share with a doctor but understandable to say no for anyone who wants to confirm their doctor is LGBT+ friendly/trustworthy first before disclosing details.