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The trans-identification trend among young people<\/a> appears to be losing momentum.<\/p>\n

Recent data taken from college campuses<\/a> shows a sharp decline in the number of Gen Zers identifying as transgender over the past three years.<\/p>\n

Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, conducted his own analysis of a large survey of U.S. undergraduates \u2014 which included a question asking them to identify their gender.<\/p>\n

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Anything that isn’t a man or woman is considered “gender non-conforming,” the surveying organization shared with Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

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In the 2025 survey of 68,000 students, only 3.6% of respondents identified as a gender other than male or female.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“By comparison, the figure was 5.2% in 2024 and 6.8% in both 2022 and 2023,” Kaufmann wrote in his analysis, which was published on UnHerd.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“In other words, the share of trans-identified students has effectively halved in just two years.”<\/p>\n

The report also found that “non-conforming sexual identity” has sharply declined, according to Kaufmann. Those identifying as gay or lesbian remained “stable,” although heterosexuality has risen 10 points since 2023.<\/p>\n

Additionally, in 2024-2025, fewer college first-year students identified as “trans or queer” compared to seniors \u2014 which is the opposite of what occurred in the 2022-2023 year.<\/p>\n

“This suggests that gender\/sexual non-conformity will continue to fall,” Kaufmann wrote in an X post sharing the data.<\/p>\n

The annual survey \u2014 College Free Speech Rankings \u2014 is conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The aim is to gather students’ opinions on freedom of speech, along with demographic information like gender.<\/p>\n

Kaufmann conducted his analyses<\/a> using six years of demographic data from the survey, FIRE confirmed to Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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His independent report, “The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Young Americans,” was published by the Centre of Heterodox Social Science and has not been peer-reviewed.<\/p>\n

“Our survey looks at student attitudes for free expression and is conducted for that purpose,” FIRE told Fox News Digital. “As a side effect of asking demographic questions of so many respondents, one can glean trends in demographics, as Professor Kaufmann has done here.”<\/p>\n

Kaufmann said he believes that improved mental health<\/a> likely played a part in the shift.<\/p>\n

“Less anxious and, especially, depressed students are linked with a smaller share identifying as trans, queer or bisexual,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

The decline could also signal the fizzling out of a trend, Kaufmann added.<\/p>\n

“The fall of trans and queer seems most similar to the fading of a fashion or trend,” he wrote. “It happened largely independently of shifts in political beliefs and social media use<\/a>, though improved mental health played a role.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, noted that the study is “very interesting,” but doesn\u2019t pinpoint the cause of the decline.<\/p>\n

“It brings up more questions than it answers,” the doctor, who was not involved in the survey, told Fox News Digital. “Could the change be due to a changing cultural climate<\/a>? Less political pressure from parents and society? Could it be due to the idea that gender dysphoria resolves in many cases?”<\/p>\n

Siegel also wondered whether the attempt to “normalize” these choices and to “overcome stigmatization” could have been an overreaction in some cases, which is now being dialed back.<\/p>\n

“Or is the stigmatization now increasing again, making students reluctant to declare themselves as non-binary now?” he asked. “This needs to be studied further.”<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jonathan Alpert, a New York City psychotherapist, said this shift likely marks a “natural correction.”<\/p>\n

“For a while, we taught young people to over-interpret every feeling. Therapy culture told them that every discomfort needed a label or diagnosis,” Alpert, who also was not part of the analysis or the survey, told Fox News Digital. “For some, that label became \u2018nonbinary\u2019 \u2014 not identifying with a gender.”<\/p>\n

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According to Alpert, these results don\u2019t necessarily mean that fewer people are identifying as transgender \u2014 “it\u2019s mostly about fewer identifying as nonbinary, which is something very different.”<\/p>\n

Rather than rejecting who they are, Alpert said, young people<\/a> may simply be tired of feeling pressured to define every emotion or difference with a new identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“So, in essence, it’s the performance that’s slowing down \u2014 at least in what this study showed,” he said. “A few years ago, identity was treated almost like a social badge. Now, perhaps young people are realizing they don\u2019t have to announce or label everything about themselves to be valid.”<\/p>\n

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Alpert said he sees this same pattern in his own therapy practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Once people become more comfortable in who they are, they stop needing to define themselves so rigidly. To me, that\u2019s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Kaufmann for additional comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/transgender-trend-sharply-declining-american-college-campuses-new-analysis-finds <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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