As the “LGBTQ+” alphabet grew ever longer over the years, it became trendy to identify as something other than male and female. Pronouns proliferated to correspond to a confusing array of newly minted “genders.” Non-binary identification—those calling themselves neither male nor female—surged as people sought to be what they were not.
It now appears the identity craze is winding down. A poll of young Americans reveals that an increasing number of them are self-identifying differently. No more pronoun tyranny. No more strange gender designations. Just plain normal. Male and female.
Trans Identifying In Free Fall
The evidence for normality is compelling. Two major studies have recently confirmed the trend. The BTQ+ part of the LGBTQ+ equation is dramatically declining among the young, especially in elite American universities. Youth are abandoning non-binary designations by as much as one-half or more. In addition, trans identifying is reportedly in “free fall.”
Science Is Speaking
Prof. Erc Kaufmann has just published a study titled “The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Young Americans.” His conclusions are based on five different sources, including one survey that often involves over 55,000 students. The work was sponsored by the Centre for Heterodox Social Science at the University of Buckingham in England.
The other study was that of Prof. Jean Twenge of San Diego State University. She published her research that found that the number of 18-to-22-year-old Americans self-identifying as transgender diminished from just over six percent to slightly over 3 percent from 2022 to 2024. Those claiming to be non-binary went from 5 percent to 2 percent during the same period.
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Both studies noted a surge in young people identifying as non-binary, which peaked in 2023. Nearly one-third of those surveyed identified as non-heterosexual (which includes homosexuals) two years ago. That percentage has now decreased to less than twenty percent. The Kaufmann report concludes that, “trans, queer, and bisexual identities are in rapid decline among young educated Americans.”
Losing Popularity
Other findings show that this trend will extend into the near future. College freshmen are now less likely to identify as BTQ+ than seniors, indicating that the decline will continue downward.
With scores of obscure “genders” to choose from, many of these young people are just opting out.
“It appears that trans and queer are going out of fashion among young people, especially in elite settings,” the Kaufmann study concludes from looking at the data from younger generations.
Looking for Connections
The decline in BTQ+ identification does not seem to be directly connected to political shifts to the right or to the rejection of woke ideology. Some commentators do say the change of the government attitude against non-binary tyranny has influenced the debate by making it easier for people to break out of the BTQ+ categories.
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However, the study did find a more personal political correlation by noting that very liberal students are much more likely to be non-heterosexual than conservatives. Another significant contributing factor is the stress level, which increases the likelihood of BTQ+ identification. “Very liberal, trans and non-heterosexual students are also more likely than other students to be anxious and depressed.”
Thus, the Kaufmann study makes a correlation between mental health and non-binary identification. While the study did not go so far as to say that mental stress, anxiety and depression were the causes for identification, it did conclude that better mental health reduced BTQ+ identification.
Immense Implications
If this trend continues among young Americans, the implications are enormous. Prof. Kaufmann believes that it will represent “a momentous and unanticipated post-progressive cultural shift in American society which is distinctly out of phase with the expectations of cultural left observers in educational institutions and legacy media.”
Indeed, this move away from non-binary labels was not supposed to happen. According to gender theory ideologues, non-binary identity should be growing, not diminishing. More “genders” should be emerging, not fewer.
Yet worse for these theorists is the conclusion that the surge toward normality reinforces the notion that the gender declaration game is abnormal. The rapid change back from non-binary to binary of so many demonstrates that people are not “born that way.” Following the science now means the evidence supports the normal sexual development of exclusively men and women.
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People are sick of the gender war games. It is time to return to normal. Young people are leading the way.
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