Study: 1.2 million adults identify as non-binary in the U.S. - 51% had "symptoms consistent with serious mental illness," notes the study.

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Study: 1.2 million adults identify as non-binary in the U.S.

The U.S. census doesn't ask about gender identity, making the study the first population estimate of its kind.
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About 1.2 million adults in the U.S. identify as nonbinary, according to a new study published Tuesday by the UCLA's Williams Institute, a research center focused on sexual orientation and gender identity law.

Why it matters: The U.S. census does not ask about gender identity, making this study the first broad population estimate of its kind, according to the Washington Post.

The big picture: People who identify as nonbinary comprise about 11% of the total population of the LGBTQ adults aged 18 to 60 in the U.S.

  • 76% of nonbinary adults in the U.S. are between the ages of 18 to 29.
  • 89% live in urban areas.
  • "Respondents identified as White (58%) multiracial (16%), Latinx (15%), and Black (9%)," notes the study, adding that "American Indian/Native Alaskan and Asian/Pacific Islanders are under-represented in this report" due to one of the datasets used by the study.
About 55% of respondents said they had been physically attacked or sexually assaulted as adults.

  • "Nonbinary LGBTQ adults also experienced stress in childhood, including emotional (82%), physical (40%), and sexual (41%) abuse," per the study.
  • 51% had "symptoms consistent with serious mental illness," notes the study.
Researchers looked at findings from two prior surveys with data collected from 2016 to 2018. One survey was on trans adults and one was on lesbian, gay and bisexual adults who aren’t trans.

What they're saying: Joel Baum, senior director of professional development at the nonprofit Gender Spectrum, told the Washington Post the study was significant for increasing visibility of nonbinary people.

  • “It’s almost like a stake in the ground, right?” he said. “Saying, ‘Here we are.’”
 
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cow said:
  • 76% of nonbinary adults in the U.S. are between the ages of 18 to 29.
  • 89% live in urban areas.
  • "Respondents identified as White (58%) multiracial (16%), Latinx (15%), and Black (9%)," notes the study, adding that "American Indian/Native Alaskan and Asian/Pacific Islanders are under-represented in this report" due to one of the datasets used by the study.
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Too bad we don't have a sex break down. I suspect we'd see a disproportionate number of females... we already have 20-something and white.
 
cow said:
About 55% of respondents said they had been physically attacked or sexually assaulted as adults.
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cow said:
"Nonbinary LGBTQ adults also experienced stress in childhood, including emotional (82%), physical (40%), and sexual (41%) abuse," per the study.
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cow said:
  • 51% had "symptoms consistent with serious mental illness," notes the study.
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How many of them used Discord or Reddit?
 
>become "nonbinary"
>make zero physical changes
>get extra legal rights
>can't be fired

shit nigga sign me up
 
They're doing a real good job showing that being a troon is, in fact, a mental illness. The funny part about it is that they don't realize that's what they're proving.
 
I would use the term "adult" very loosely here give the demographic they used.

Mostly drawn from university, urban based aged 18 to 24 individuals
 
1.2 million really boring people want to seem unique. Tell me something I don't know.
 
Lots of whites... will LGBTQ become colonialism to these people in the foreseeable future?
 
SojuDrnkr said:
They're doing a real good job showing that being a troon is, in fact, a mental illness.
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Rusty Crab said:
>become "nonbinary"
>make zero physical changes
>get extra legal rights
>can't be fired

shit nigga sign me up
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I tell the (very few) aggro-shitheads I do meet that I’m trans for this very reason.

It’s fun to watch the look on their faces as their two brain cells fight for control.
 
Idiotron said:
I've actually took a few minutes to look through the actual research paper and nowhere does it say what was the number of the people surveyed and who were they.
Always a good sign for a study.
I'm willing to bet that most were college students from left leaning cities.
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We we can't replicate scientific studies, why care about sample size and the scale of it?
 
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