Gender Census @gendercensus@lgbt.io

A consultation on the identity question in the Gender Census annual survey:

https://forms.gle/nTtmZpKp83ydM6rg8

The identity checkbox list is getting very long! I have some thoughts about what I could do about this, but I want to check how you all feel about them first.

The worldwide report for the 2022 Gender Census is now published: https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2022-worldwide/

It's about language preferences about genders beyond the binary.

You can also read a summary of the big three questions (identities, titles and pronouns) here: https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2022-worldwide-summary/

A reminder that there's a test question survey open at the moment, and your answers and feedback help me to design a better title question and a good first "family terms" set of questions for 2023:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFJ9--e6eDqFPNGIcFxU_aZRHVsR7okOgqc1i2lbAX_jBBg/viewform

I've just done some tweaking of the title question on the test questions survey, and I'm currently looking to hear from people whose title is Mistrum, and also people whose title is very uncommon!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFJ9--e6eDqFPNGIcFxU_aZRHVsR7okOgqc1i2lbAX_jBBg/viewform

[ #nonbinary #trans #gender ]

I've made a public spreadsheet so that you can see how many participants there have been, see if your country or gender are well-represented, and easily find share links for social media:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MTmBLb-XbpsxKkZ-M-DHoEKJZOk71ax-U1p2Ra5i5kU/edit

The test questions survey just went over 2,000 participants. :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFJ9--e6eDqFPNGIcFxU_aZRHVsR7okOgqc1i2lbAX_jBBg/viewform

I sent out a mailing list email about the test questions survey (and told subscribers about the consultation outcome), and now the test questions survey is up to 1,600 participants and still climbing fast.

It only opened this morning - take part here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFJ9--e6eDqFPNGIcFxU_aZRHVsR7okOgqc1i2lbAX_jBBg/viewform

Over 400!

100! 🎉

Hi folks!

If everyone in the whole world [whose gender isn't adequately expressed or defined by the gender binary of M/F] could please take part in these test questions, it will really help a lot in the design of the 2023 Gender Census...

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYFJ9--e6eDqFPNGIcFxU_aZRHVsR7okOgqc1i2lbAX_jBBg/viewform

Thank you!

On why I cannot categorise identity checkboxes in the annual survey: https://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/694457882732838912/on-why-i-cannot-categorise-identity-checkboxes-in (a long ramble!)

TL;DR: We'll be switching to the new system for choosing the checkbox identities for the 2023 survey.

This consultation has now closed, and you can read the results and my decision here: https://gendercensus.tumblr.com/post/694413103156363264/shaking-up-the-checkbox-system

Quick vibe check - does "dyke" have a binary gender opposite?

I've made a spreadsheet that you can copy to your own Google Drive, and then choose up to four countries to limit the data to and see results for only those countries: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_bfx0VbK_KQ-AWNu5JXypOGhKnicPShtEEzn17p9Tc4/edit

WARNING: It will take *ages* to load. Don't panic if it's empty, just wait.

Gender Identity 5 Years After Social Transition (July 2022, no paywall)

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/2/e2021056082/186992/Gender-Identity-5-Years-After-Social-Transition

97.5% of trans youth were still trans five years later.

I think this is pretty long-term, for this kind of thing? Something even longer would be great!