College transgender identification keeps rising

Updated analyses of the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment (NCHA) through end‑2025 show record highs in self‑reported transgender and sex‑incongruent identities on US undergraduate campuses (reporting ~5.2% identifying as transgender; 9% of females and 5% of males reporting sex‑incongruent gender). The trend reverses recent narratives of a youth decline and highlights nonbinary identities outnumbering binary trans IDs by about three to one. — If college populations are an early indicator of youth identity patterns, sustained increases affect campus health provisioning, legal disputes over accommodations and sports, and national narratives about the trajectory of the 'gender revolution.'