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Training on Empirical Research on Sexual Minorities

Friday, April 28, 2006
UCLA School of Law

The Williams Institute sponsored a one-day training session for scholars new to the field of sexual minority research called “A Primer on Empirical Research on Sexual Minorities.” The broad goal of this training was to enable scholars to find and appropriately use existing empirical data that permits the identification of sexual minorities. The broad topics included in the training were:

• The availability of data that includes identification of sexual minorities and the measurement of sexual orientation, behavior, and attraction

• Details on how to access and appropriately use U.S. Census data to study same-sex “unmarried partners” 

• Issues to consider regarding other data sources

• Possible research topics using available data