Increase the number of states, territories, and DC that use the standard module on sexual orientation and gender identity in the BRFSS — LGBT‑04 Data Methodology and Measurement

BRFSS Module on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

The next two questions are about sexual orientation and gender identity.

INTERVIEWER NOTE: We ask this question in order to better understand the health and health care needs of people with different sexual orientations.
INTERVIEWER NOTE: Please say the number before the text response. Respondent can answer with either the number or the text/word.

1. Do you consider yourself to be: (582)

Please read:
1. Straight
2. Lesbian or gay
3. Bisexual

Do not read:
4. Other
5. Don't know/Not sure
6. Refused
2. Do you consider yourself to be transgender? (583)

If yes, ask "Do you consider yourself to be 1 male-to-female, 2 female-to-male, or 3 gender non-conforming?"

INTERVIEWER NOTE: Please say the number before the "yes" text response. Respondent can answer with either the number or the text/word.

1. Yes, Transgender, male-to-female
2. Yes, Transgender, female to male
3. Yes, Transgender, gender nonconforming
4. No
5. Don't know/not sure
6. Refused

INTERVIEWER NOTE: If asked about definition of transgender:
Some people describe themselves as transgender when they experience a different gender identity from their sex at birth. For example, a person born into a male body, but who feels female or lives as a woman would be transgender. Some transgender people change their physical appearance so that it matches their internal gender identity. Some transgender people take hormones and some have surgery. A transgender person may be of any sexual orientation – straight, gay, lesbian, or bisexual.

INTERVIEWER NOTE: If asked about definition of gender non-conforming:
Some people think of themselves as gender non-conforming when they do not identify only as a man or only as a woman.