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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Warning that Scottish census results on LGBT people 'can be weaponised'

Warning that Scottish census results on LGBT people 'can be weaponised'

SCOTLAND’S census presents a historic opportunity to give greater visibility to the country’s LGBT community, but there are concerns that the figures will be weaponised whatever the results are.

Dr Kevin Guyan, a data researcher at the University of Glasgow, said that whether the census shows a smaller or larger number of LGBT people in Scotland than assumed it could be harmful, as well as good.

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