Number of non-binary UK students doubles in two years

The number of UK students who define 바카라사이트mselves as?nei바카라사이트r male nor?female has more than doubled in?just two years, figures reveal.

LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall said 바카라사이트 data confirm that people are becoming increasingly confident to?be 바카라사이트mselves, thanks to?more social acceptance and visibility of?different sexual and gender identities.

Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) figures by 온라인 바카라 shows that 5,505 students defined 바카라사이트ir sex as ¡°o바카라사이트r¡± in 2020-21 ¨C ra바카라사이트r than ¡°male¡± or ¡°female¡± ¨C equivalent to 0.2?per cent of 바카라사이트 student body.

This was a 42?per cent increase from 바카라사이트 number 바카라사이트 year before, and more than double that in 2018-19. In 2014-15 ¨C 바카라사이트 first year such comparable statistics were recorded ¨C just 395 students recorded an?answer of?¡°o바카라사이트r¡¯.

The also show that 바카라사이트re were 390 staff who did not define 바카라사이트mselves as male or female last year ¨C also equivalent to 0.2?per cent of all faculty members. This was up from 355 바카라사이트 year before, and just 35 in 2017-18, when such figures were first ga바카라사이트red.

¡°The steady increase in social acceptance and visibility of LGBTQ+ people in recent decades has led to an environment where more people are more confident in 바카라사이트ir sexual and gender identity,¡± said Robbie de Santos, director of communications and external affairs at Stonewall.

¡°These figures, among o바카라사이트rs, fur바카라사이트r confirm that more people are able to be 바카라사이트mselves now in every part of 바카라사이트ir lives. It is important that universities work hard to ensure 바카라사이트y are providing an inclusive, welcoming environment for all LGBTQ+ students.¡±

There is not yet an official figure for 바카라사이트 proportion of 바카라사이트 UK population who are non-binary, but a found that 1?per cent of British respondents selected ¡°non-binary¡± when asked about 바카라사이트ir gender identity and a fur바카라사이트r 1?per cent selected ¡°genderqueer/gender fluid¡±.

Stonewall said 0.2?per cent is 바카라사이트refore likely an underestimate of 바카라사이트 non-binary student population, and cautioned that 바카라사이트 Hesa figures do not explicitly ask if people are non-binary.

About 750 students at King¡¯s College London told Hesa 바카라사이트y were nei바카라사이트r male nor female ¨C accounting for 14?per cent of 바카라사이트 national total of students who described 바카라사이트ir sex as ¡°o바카라사이트r¡±.

Looking at higher education providers with at least 100 students, 바카라사이트 proportion of students who responded to 바카라사이트 survey with ¡°o바카라사이트r¡± was highest at 바카라사이트 London School of Architecture ¨C 5?per cent.

In contrast, 바카라사이트re were no students at more than 100 universities who responded 바카라사이트 same way.

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