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# Study: 26% of queer youth identify as non-binary in the US
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/study-26-of-queer-youth-identify-as-non-binary-in-the-us/
- Published: 2021-07-14T11:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-14T10:24:06.000Z
- Description: The Trevor Project has released a new report that found just over a quarter of LGBTQ+ youth living in America identify as non-binary.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Gender non-conforming, genderqueer, LGBTQ, Non-binary, The Trevor Project, Transgender

To mark International Non-Binary People’s Day (July 14), the Trevor Project released a [new report](https://time.com/6079326/nonbinary-lgbtq-youth/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) that found just over a quarter of LGBTQ+ youth living in America identify as non-binary. Using data from the 2021 [National Survey on LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health](https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the organisation found that out of the 34,700 participants, 26% identified as non-binary, with over half of these people also identifying as transgender.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/what-does-it-mean-to-be-non-binary-or-ha600400.png)

Over a quarter of the non-binary respondents also said they identify with terms such as gender non-conforming (27%), genderfluid (24%), genderqueer (23%), and agender (15%). Jonah DeChants, a research scientist at the Trevor Project, said the findings demonstrate that “*more and more young people are taking control over their gender identity, and finding language and terms that resonate with them…And expressing that in the world in* \[ways\] *that we haven’t necessarily seen in the past.”*

DeChants also said the report indicates a need to *“reevaluate and start to think about* \[trans and non-binary people\] *as communities that overlap heavily but are not synonymous with one another.”* Many LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are celebrating Non-Binary People’s Day, with Stonewall UK [sharing a tweet](https://twitter.com/stonewalluk/status/1415204067442405377?ref=scenemag.co.uk) of solidarity with the community: *“Happy #NonBinaryDay! Today and every day we celebrate our non-binary siblings and supporters.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/non-binary-awareness-600.png)