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  1. Gender identity, England and Wales

    The percentage of the population aged 16 years and over who reported that their gender identity was different from their sex at birth was slightly higher in England (0.55%) than it was in Wales (0.40%). Within England, the region with the highest percentage who reported that their gender identity was different from their sex at birth was London ...

  2. PDF Trans people in the UK

    No robust data on the UK trans population exists. We tentatively estimate that there are approximately 200,000-500,000 trans people in the UK. The Ofice for National Statistics is researching whether and how to develop a population estimate. Facts and Figures. 41% of trans men and trans women responding to a Stonewall survey said they had ...

  3. First census estimates on gender identity and sexual orientation

    There are 262,000 people living in England and Wales in March 2021 who identified with a gender different from their sex registered at birth, according to the latest Census 2021 figures out today. For the first time, a census of England and Wales asked people about their sexual orientation and gender identity. These new figures will be vital in ...

  4. 2021 census: What do we know about the LGBT+ population?

    Around 94.0% of respondents aged 16 or over answered the question on gender identity. 93.5% of respondents said their gender identity and their sex registered at birth were the same. Around 262,000 people (0.5%) said their gender identity and sex registered at birth were different. Not all of those 262,000 people identified explicitly as ...

  5. Census 2021 data on gender identity and sexual ...

    A further release breaking down the data by age and sex is scheduled by the Office for National Statistics on 25 January. NB - More on Census 2021: latest releases. Last year the Office for National Statistics (ONS) began releasing the first univariate datasets from the 2021 Census.

  6. Review of statistics on gender identity based on data collected as part

    ES.2 The first release of statistics on gender identity based on Census data was in January 2023. When publishing the results ONS said: "Gender identity refers to a person's sense of their own gender, whether male, female or another category such as non-binary. This may or may not be the same as their sex registered at birth."

  7. National LGBT Survey: Summary report

    The survey response was unprecedented. Over 108,000 people participated, making it the largest national survey of LGBT people in the world to date. Today we are publishing a detailed report on the ...

  8. Gender data

    1. Gender data in the UK - overview. Office for National Statistics (ONS), equalities data audit: report, spreadsheet of datasets . Centre for Equalities and Inclusion on the ONS website. ASHE ...

  9. The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England ...

    Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) [2] Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people: Interim report, The Cass Review ...

  10. FactCheck Q&A: How many children are going to gender identity clinics

    50 children a week are being referred to the UK's main gender identity clinic, yet only around 25 per cent of young children with gender dysphoria go on to be trans adults. FactCheck looks at the ...

  11. Number of British people seeking to change their gender soars

    There are just over 15,000 people who are gender identity patients in the UK - roughly 12,700 adults and 2,700 adolescents or children. Trans activists suggest there could be tens of thousands ...

  12. Life on an NHS transgender waiting list

    As waiting times for gender services soar, transgender people speak of their experiences as time ticks by. ... Send your story ideas to [email protected] or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2240 ...

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    A 2017 paper [1] reports that "the prevalence of a self-reported transgender identity in children, adolescents and adults ranges from 0.5 to 1.3%, markedly higher than prevalence rates based on clinic-referred samples of adults.". This is reflected in data from gender clinics. The UK's Gender Identity Development Service reported [2] a twenty-fold increase in referrals over the course of ...

  14. Sex and gender harmonisation guidance

    Harmonisation standards and guidance. Contact: [email protected]. This page provides information on work that is currently taking place across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) to harmonise measures of sex and gender in data collection across government. We recognise that sex and gender are distinct concepts but as they are ...

  15. Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving

    1. Turban et al. (2022). Access to gender-affirming hormones during adolescence and mental health outcomes among transgender adults. PLoS One, 17(1), e0261039. 2. Green et al. (2021). Association of gender-affirming hormone therapy with depression, thoughts of suicide, and attempted suicide among transgender and nonbinary youth.

  16. The history of gender reassignment surgeries in the UK

    The procedures included a vaginoplasty (surgical procedure where a vagina is created). In the UK, gender reassignment surgeries were pioneered by Sir Harold Gillies. Harold Gillies is most famous for the development of a new method of facial reconstructive surgery, in 1917. During the Second World War, he organized plastic surgery units in ...

  17. PDF Sex and Gender Identity Topic Report

    Question 1 asks for sex at birth, question 2 asks gender identity and questions 3 and 4 address gender reassignment as a protected characteristic and a personal process (rather than a medical process). Question 1, when used in combination with question 2, allows for a trans identity and/or history to be collected.

  18. National Trends in Gender-Affirming Surgical Procedures: A Google

    Approximately 1.4 million transgender and non-binary (TGNB) adults and 150,000 TGNB adolescents and young adults live in the United States (US) [ 1 ]. Gender-affirming surgery (GAS) has become increasingly performed over the past five years for this growing patient population [ 2 ]. GAS has been shown to improve quality of life among TGNB ...

  19. Schools told not to teach about gender identity

    Schools in England should not teach about gender identity, according to new draft guidance from the government. Government sources told BBC News about plans to ban sex education for under-nines ...

  20. UK's gender pay gap will take decades to close at current rate

    It would take at least 29 years to close the gender pay gap in the UK based on the rate of progress between 2011 and 2023, according to new analysis by PwC of data from the Office for National ...

  21. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan says gender identity 'should not be

    Gender identity "should not be taught in schools at any age", the education secretary has said after new draft guidance on relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) was published on Thursday.

  22. Education secretary backtracks and says some trans women can be women

    Gillian Keegan changes transgender stance and agrees men can sometimes become women Education Secretary says issue depends on whether someone self-identities or has a gender reassignment certificate

  23. Exploring existing data on gender identity and sexual orientation

    2. Exploring options for gender identity and sexual orientation data. The Office for National Statistics' (ONS') 2021 Census topic consultation for England and Wales identified a clear user need for information on gender identity, specifically a count of those whose gender identity is different from their sex registered at birth, and improved information on sexual orientation.

  24. Emilia Pérez: A musical film about drug cartels and gender reassignment

    Cannes needs big flexes from its trusted auteurs, not just films where they play it safe and stay in their lanes. Few flexes come bigger, love it or hate it, than Emilia Pérez. Whatever lane we ...

  25. Sex and gender identity question development for Census 2021

    The Census 2021 topic consultation (PDF, 729KB) and gender identity workshop showed a data need exists for the gender of people aged 15 years and under. However, participants in our research (2018:12) were concerned about parents providing a response on behalf of other household members aged 15 years or under.

  26. UK online dating ghosting by gender 2023

    According to a survey conducted in the United Kingdom in 2023, 17.45 percent of male online dating service users had ghosted someone, compared with 19.2 percent of female online dating users.

  27. Patients Registered at a GP Practice, May 2024

    Data are reported by both quinary age and single year age band and gender at GP Practice level, PCN, ICB sub-location, ICB and NHS England Commissioning Region level. We also publish this at Lower ...

  28. Sascha Bailey explains why he gave up plans to change gender

    Sascha Bailey, the son of fashion photographer David Bailey and model Catherine Dyer, has detailed why he decided not to change genders.. The 29 year old believed himself to be a transgender woman ...