Multigender Survey Results Dec 2023: Genders (part 2)
Participants were asked “What multigender-related labels do you use in addition to multigender?” (multiple selection). The options provided were: androgyne, bigender, genderfluid, omnigender, pangender, polygender, trigender, and none, as well as a write in option.
Participants were asked “How many genders do you identify as?” (single selection). The options provided were: 2, 3, 4, 5, more than five but not all, all, it changes, and I don’t know/I choose not to count them, as well as a write in option.
Multigender-related labels:
Most common number of genders: don’t know/choose not to count (58, 41.7%)
Most common number of genders: two (125, 36.5%)
Most common number of genders: don’t know/choose not to count (155, 41.7%)
Most common number of genders: it changes (12, 40.0%)
Most common number of genders: don’t know/choose not to count (22, 34.4%)
Most common number of genders: don’t know/choose not to count (26, 41.3%)
Most common number of genders: it changes (9, 32.1%)
Most common number of genders: don’t know/choose not to count (74, 60.7%)
Most common multigender-related label: Bigender (125, 91.2%)
Most common multigender-related label: Genderfluid (16, 57.1%)
Most common multigender-related label: Genderfluid (5, 50.0%)
Most common multigender-related label: Genderfluid (3, 100%)
More than five, but not all: 30 (4.0%)
Most common multigender-related label: Genderfluid (14, 46.7%)
Most common multigender-related label: Pangender (16, 66.7%)
Most common multigender-related label: Genderfluid (128, 77.6%)
I don’t know/I choose not to count them: 311 (41.9%)
Most common multigender-related label: Genderfluid (155, 49.8%)
Most common multigender related label: Bigender (14, 40.0%)
Participants were asked “Is your gender fluid?” (single selection). The options provided were:
Yes, and I only ever experience one at a time: 35 (4.7%)
Yes, and I experience more than one at a time, either always or sometimes: 455 (61.2%)
490 (65.9%) had some sort of fluid gender, whether they experienced one or multiple at a time.
Of participants who used the genderfluid label…
28 answered “Yes, and I only ever experience one at a time” (7.5% of participants who used the genderfluid label)
323 answered “Yes, and I experience more than one at a time, either always or sometimes” (86.8% of participants who used the genderfluid label)
19 answered “Questioning” (5.1% of participants who used the genderfluid label)
2 answered “No” (0.5% of participants who used the genderfluid label
Of participants who used the bigender label…
8 answered “Yes, and I only ever experience one at a time” (2.3% of participants who used the bigender label)
201 answered “Yes, and I experience more than one at a time, either always or sometimes” (58.8% of participants who used the bigender label)
44 answered “Questioning” (12.9% of participants who used the bigender label)
89 answered “No” (26.0% of participants who used the bigender label)
Participants who used the bigender label were significantly less likely than participants overall to answer “Yes, and I only ever experience one at a time” (p < 0.05) and significantly more likely than participants overall to answer “No” (p < 0.01).
Participants were asked “Do you identify as nonbinary?” (single selection). The options provided were:
Yes, nonbinary is one of the genders that I identify with: 82 (11.0%)
77 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (93.9% of participants who selected this option)
Yes, nonbinary describes my gender identity overall: 130 (17.5%)
121 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (93.1% of participants who selected this option)
Yes, nonbinary is both my overall gender identity and a specific gender I identify with: 115 (15.5%)
113 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (98.3% of participants who selected this option)
Somewhat, the nonbinary label is technically accurate but it's not what I prefer: 213 (28.7%)
88 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (41.3% of participants who selected this option)
Somewhat, it changes or depends on context: 70 (9.4%)
51 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (72.9% of participants who selected this option)
No, but I don't mind being referred to as such: 44 (5.9%)
6 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (13.6% of participants who selected this option)
No, and being referred to as such is misgendering: 78 (10.5%)
2 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (2.6% of participants who selected this option)
Other (write-in): 11 (1.5%)
6 participants who selected this option also used the nonbinary label (54.5% of participants who selected this option)
Of participants who used the nonbinary label…
77 answered “Yes, nonbinary is one of the genders that I identify with” (16.6% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
121 answered “Yes, nonbinary describes my gender identity overall” (26.1% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
113 answered “Yes, nonbinary is both my overall gender identity and a specific gender I identify with” (24.4% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
88 answered “Somewhat, the nonbinary label is technically accurate but it's not what I prefer” (19.0% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
51 answered “Somewhat, it changes or depends on context” (11.0% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
6 answered “No, but I don't mind being referred to as such” (1.3% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
2 answered “No, and being referred to as such is misgendering” (0.4% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
6 answered “other” (1.3% of participants who used the nonbinary label)
