Identity Flexibility During Adulthood by Jan D. Sinnott

Author:Jan D. Sinnott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Results and Discussion

Our analysis focuses on participants’ answers to two questions. The first question allowed participants to write in the label or labels that they endorsed for their own gender identity. The second was an open-ended question in which participants were asked to describe their gender identity.

Gender Identity Labels

Participants self-identified with a range of gender identity labels. This data was self-generated, and participants were allowed to describe their gender identity in a way that felt authentic to themselves. A percentage of gender variant (20.9%) and agender (25.0%) participants endorsed multiple labels when providing their write in gender identity. For example, one participant responded, “I use the words genderqueer, gender fluid, trans, transgender, gender non-conforming, and occasionally transmasculine to refer to myself.” (genderqueer)

Table 10.2 provides the frequency of labels endorsed by participants across gender identity (gender variant and agender). Labels fell into five primary categories: (1) gender labels using binary terms (e.g. woman, man, masculine, femme), (2) gender labels using nonbinary terms (e.g. androgynous, non-binary, pangender), (3) gender labels using fluid terms (e.g., fluid, gender variant , genderfluid), (4) gender labels using agender terms (e.g., genderless, agender, non-gendered), and (5) gender labels using trans terms (e.g., trans, transgender, transmasculine). It is important to note that although both gender variant and agender participants use labels that fall into all five of these categories, there are unique patterns of usage across gender identity. For example, 58.1% of gender variant as opposed to 33.8% of agender individuals used nonbinary labels while 3.9% gender variant and 76.5% agender individuals used agender labels. Because there are clear patterns in the way gender variant and agender individuals use gender labels, in the remaining analyses, we include direct quotes from the participants accompanied by their self-identified labels as context for understanding their varying perspectives .Table 10.2Frequency of gender identity labels by group

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