A Gender Not Listed Here

Genderqueers, gender rebels, and otherwise in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey

April 2012

Respondents to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey were able to write in their gender if they did not identify as male, female, or part-time as one gender, part-time as another gender. This report examines the identities and experiences of respondents who wrote in their gender.

AUTHORS

Jack Harrison-Quintana
Director, Grindr for Equality
Jaime Grant
Director, Global Transgender Research and Advocacy Project
Jody L. Herman
Senior Scholar of Public Policy

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Highlights

The majority of respondents who wrote in their gender identified as genderqueer or a variant of that term.

Respondents who wrote in their gender had both unique demographic patterns as well as distinct experiences of discrimination.

The findings affirm the relevance of creating nuanced gender categories in collecting data on transgender and gender non-conforming people.

Data Points

73%

of respondents who wrote in their gender were assigned female sex at birth

89%

of respondents who wrote in their gender were under age 45

19%

of respondents who wrote in their gender reported losing a job due to bias

14%

of respondents who wrote in their gender reported being denied medical treatment due to bias

31%

of respondents who wrote in their gender reported being harassed by police due to bias

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