Eric Kaufmann’s new report finds student self‑identification as non‑binary and non‑heterosexual has fallen since peaking in the early 2020s. The drop is not explained by shifts in politics or social‑media use, and seems partly mediated by improving mental health post‑pandemic, suggesting a trend cycle rather than a one‑way rise.
— If identity self‑reports are receding, it revises expectations about the permanence and scale of recent cultural shifts and informs school policy, media framing, and health research.
SEGM
2026.10.16
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This article presents updated NCHA estimates through 2025 showing rising rates of sex‑incongruent gender identity (9% of female undergraduates, 5% of male undergraduates; 5.2% self‑identify as transgender), which directly contradicts the existing claim that youth nonbinary/queer identification is falling; it therefore functions as an empirical counter‑evidence node in the public discourse about youth gender trends (actor: American College Health Association NCHA dataset; event: 2025 survey update cited by SEGM/RLS).
Steve Sailer
2026.03.05
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The article cites Jean Twenge and federal survey results showing bisexual identification among 18–24 women peaked ~2022 and fell to under 18% by 2025 — a direct instance of the existing idea that queer self‑identification among youth is receding.
Steve Stewart-Williams
2025.10.15
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Kaufmann/CHSS graphs (2015–2025 student surveys) showing declines in non‑binary and non‑heterosexual identification, with controls indicating mental health explains part of the trend.