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[ survey.gendercensus.com ]

The 13th annual international gender census, collecting information about the language we use to refer to ourselves and each other, is now open until 13th August 2026.

It’s short and easy, for most participants it takes 5 minutes or less.

After the survey is closed I’ll process the results and publish a spreadsheet of the data and a report summarising the main findings. Then anyone can use them for academic or business purposes, self-advocacy, tracking the popularity of language over time, and just feeling like we’re part of a huge and diverse community.

If you think you might have friends and followers who’d be interested, please do reblog this blog post, and share the survey URL by email or at AFK social groups or on other social networks. Every share is extremely helpful!

Survey URL: https://survey.gendercensus.com

The survey is open to anyone anywhere who speaks English and feels that the gender binary doesn’t fully describe their experience of themselves and their gender(s) or lack thereof.

Thank you so much!

[ Link to survey ]

PS: You can see some regularly-updated statistics about incoming data here, with lots of demography and graphs to peruse!

Strawberry Punnet - Lotta Teale , 2025.

British , b. 1979 -

Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop (2003):

“Didn’t like music then. Just played football and come in late for me tea. And knocked on people’s doors and ran off. Ran through people’s back gardens and pinched things."

What sort of things would you pinch?

"Clothes off the washing line. If I thought they looked pretty cool I thought, 'I’ll have that.' Mountain bikes. Anything. Lawn mowers."

You used to nick lawn mowers?

"Mm, and sell ‘em. For weed.”

Mojo (1997):

— Clint Boon (talking about c.1989-1990)

First impressions of Liam? Cocky bastard. Cool as fuck. How the fuck’s he got clothes like that when he’s on the dole and got no money?

— Paul Arthurs (talking about c.1990-1991)