US EditionTrans identification among young Americans drops sharply since 2023: report
- This year, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression polled over 60,000 US undergraduates, showing non-binary identification fell to 3.6% from 6.8% between 2023 and this year.
- Postpandemic improvements in youth mental health partly contributed to the decline in trans identification but cannot adequately explain it, researchers and the Centre for Heterodox Social Science found.
- Elite-School data show Ivy League universities saw non-binary identification peak at 7% in 2023 then fall back to 3% this year, while Andover Phillips Academy dropped from over 9% to 3%, and Brown University declined from 5% to 2.6%.
- Younger cohorts are driving a decline, with the freshman 2028 group less likely to identify as BTQ+, and Eric Kaufmann states `It appears that trans and queer are going out of fashion among young people, especially in elite settings.`
- Despite stable political ideology, culture-war attitudes and religious identification levels, Higher Education Research Institute surveys show steady non-binary rates at less-prestigious colleges through 2019-24; researchers say only time will tell if the decline continues.
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Catholic News AgencyStudy finds decline in young Americans identifying as ‘transgender,’ ‘queer’
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 16, 2025 / 14:11 pm The number of young Americans who self-identify as transgender or nonheterosexual declined in 2024 and 2025, according to a report from the Centre for Heterodox Social Science (CHSS), [...]
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Study: Trans Identification Among US Students Drops
A new study shows that the wave of young Americans identifying as transgender, nonbinary, or queer has fallen dramatically since its peak just two years ago. It's a decline that researcher Eric Kaufmann calls a “momentous post-progressive cultural shift.” The report, "The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Young Americans," by Kaufmann, a professor of England's University of Buckingham, finds that the share of university students identify…
Watauga Democrat
Report: Sharp decline in trans-identifying youth between 2023 and 2025
(The Center Square) – A sharp decline in Gen Z Americans identifying as transgender and queer has occurred, from 6.8% identifying as a gender other than male or female in 2023 compared to 3.6% stating so in 2025, according to…
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