So join me next time as we continue Season 3 of "LGBT by the Numbers."

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In addition to hearing these identity terms, you might also see the colorful pride flags associated with them.

The most common gender identity flags are the transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid flags.

I discussed these flags in "Gender Identity and Biological Sex."

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2023/10/gender-identity-and-biological-sex.html

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So not only will you know that the conservative politician is wrong, but why.

You will also know the basic facts about the ideas and identities they are looking to disparage and suppress.

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The most common specific nonbinary identities are genderfluid and agender.

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Some people use nonbinary to describe their gender, without also using a more specific term.

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The group of people disparaged by these remarks are nonbinary people, who have a gender identity that isn’t exclusively male or female.

About 1% of US adults are nonbinary.

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2023/11/gender-identity-in-united-states.html

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You don’t need to know every possible nonbinary identity someone might use, but you should be familiar with the ones that are most common.

These are the terms we have covered in this series thus far.

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If you want to be an ally, it would be really helpful if you could learn about these ideas BEFORE you find yourself in a situation where you will need to know them.

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Otherwise, the nonbinary person will be required to explain their identity terms, and the entire concept of nonbinary identity itself, to someone who has absolutely no idea what they are talking about.

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It would be greatly beneficial to everyone involved for the person learning this information to already be somewhat familiar with the terms and ideas that will be discussed during this conversation.

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There are times when a nonbinary person chooses to discuss their gender with a friend, family member, employer, or someone else.

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There are a theoretically infinite number of nonbinary genders.

The Gender Census is an incredibly valuable tool that allows people to know which nonbinary identities are the most common.

And to a surprising degree, the most common nonbinary identities are fairly consistent, from year to year.

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This graph shows all of the terms that received between 20% and 50% in the Gender Census from 2015 to 2024.

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We have now discussed all eleven identity terms that received more than 20% in last year’s Gender Census.

These are also the only terms that have received more than 20% at any point from 2015 to the present.

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This ongoing thread about the most common specific nonbinary identities, genderfluid and agender, can be read as an article on my blog, Meticulous Musings.

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2025/04/genderfluid-and-agender.html

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If someone believes they can't honestly and accurately describe their gender with only one of these two options, they are nonbinary.

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The following example offers a way to better understand some of the identities we have discussed so far.

Let's imagine someone asks, "Are you male or female?"

Remember, someone's gender and biological sex aren't the same thing, and they don't always align.

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"Nonbinary Nomenclature" discussed how genderfluid and agender performed in the 2023 Gender Census.

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2023/12/nonbinary-nomenclature-continued.html

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"Gender Identity and Biological Sex" discussed genderfluid and agender identities, and their associated pride flags.

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2023/10/gender-identity-and-biological-sex.html

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I first discussed genderfluid and agender identities in Non-binary genders: Beyond male and female, which I published in 2015.

https://jasonbeets.blogspot.com/2015/12/non-binary-genders-beyond-male-and.html

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