In this article, we examine newspaper accounts of same-sex demography to examine how journalists use U.S. Census Bureau statistics to discuss changes in lesbian and gay households from 1990 to 2015. We utilized Foucault’s discussion of discourse and discussed what we call statistical consciousness, the use of statistics in everyday life. We support these findings with qualitative examples of each same-sex household increase to show how journalists present statistical data to exaggerate or misrepresent the number of same-sex households in the United States. We argue that the journalists report using U.S. Census Bureau statistics which the journalist then use dramatic and exaggerated reports of same-sex demography. The dramatic and exaggerated reports of same-sex demography influence how people think about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) people and the census.

在本文中，我们研究了同性人口统计学的报纸报道，研究了记者如何利用美国人口普查局的统计数据来讨论1990年至2015年男女同性恋家庭的变化。我们利用了福柯对话语的讨论，并讨论了所谓的统计意识，即在日常生活中使用统计数据。我们用每个同性家庭增加的定性例子来支持这些发现，以显示记者如何呈现统计数据来夸大或歪曲美国同性家庭的数量。我们认为，新闻记者使用美国人口普查局的统计数据进行报道，然后新闻记者使用同性人口统计学的戏剧性且夸大的报道。同性人口统计学的戏剧性和夸张报道影响着人们对女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋，变性者，