Do you think that "nonbinary" is valid?

submitted by [deleted] from self.LGBDropTheT

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]witchdicktor 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Kind of off-topic but still not.

In a Japanese LGBT survey that surveyed 348,000 people, these statistics were mentioned

By sexual orientation, 2.8 percent described themselves as bisexual while 1.4 percent said they were questioning their sexuality. The proportion that described themselves as asexual and gay was 0.9 percent in both cases. By gender identity, 2.5 percent identified as nonbinary (not strictly identifying as male or female) followed by transgender at 1.8 percent, while 1.2 percent said they were questioning their gender identity.

More people are questioning their gender, identifying as non-binary or identifying as trans than they are identifying as gay. That seems really, really weird to me.

[–]CAB_Life 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Definitely not off topic and really interesting. That’s close to the total sum of 8-10% of most populations being LGBT, which we’ve statistically known since like the 90s, but it also makes a case for the alarming shift in ideology where these people would’ve previously identified as gay, lesbian or bi and are now picking different monikers. The “alarming” part is that you didn’t need a cocktail of life-long drugs and surgeries to previously affirm oneself.