That is about 1 in 300 people. CNN is relaying the results of a study conducted by the very serious Williams Institute, which is an integral part of the University of Los Angeles pole devoted to law. It shows that approximately 1.2 million non-binary people currently live in the United States, out of a total population of 328 million. The study states that about 58% of these non-binary people are white. There are also 15% of individuals of Latin American origin, 9% of black people, and 16% of multiple origins. The majority of non-binary people living in the United States are under the age of 29, the study also claims. According to Ilan H. Meyer, who co-directed the work, these statistics are likely to evolve, given that non-binary is more and more invoked and accepted nowadays. As for her co-author Bianca DM Wilson, she recalls that non-binary people constitute a substantial part of the LGBT + community, and that they experience a certain number of oppressions. READ ALSO Non-binarity, or how to define your own gender identity Gender fluidity Further research is planned to identify the needs and life goals of these people who constitute approximately 0.37% of the American population, or 1 in 273 individuals. As a reminder, non-binary people neither feel themselves nor strictly male, nor strictly female, but between the two, a mixture of the two, or neither. In the United States, stars like Ezra Miller, Ruby Rose, Sam Smith and Demi Lovato have for example made their non-binary coming out in recent years. Read more on Slate.fr.
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