A new study of US high school students has resulted in the finding that around one out of ten teenagers identify as gender-diverse. Referring to gender identities outside the binary framework, gender-diverse points to any gender different from that assigned at birth. Published by Pediatrics in the medical journal, the study shows that the figure is around five times higher than current national estimates.
Students were asked ‘What is your sex (assigned at birth)’, as well as ‘which of the following best describes you;’ making reference to the following – girl, boy, trans girl, trans boy, genderqueer, non binary and ‘another identity’. Students could pick more than one. In a previous 2017 version, participants were only asked about being transgender, with only ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘I’m not sure’ as the only possible answer. Out of 3,168 surveys, 219 participants (9.2%) reported their sexes assigned at birth as being incongruent with their gender identities.
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