⚣ Leonidas ⚣

[ 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!

Anyway, that’s the story of how im a cis(?) gay guy with dysphoria. I use the labels transfem and genderqueer too but i don’t have a strong connection to them. If i had to choose one label, gay would be just fine for both my gender and orientation.

I think this is how most complicated/“contradictory” identities and experiences are made. They have layers or stories behind them. I feel like i was born gay but everything else that followed was a new development, other people feel like they were born blank slates and everything about their identity was developed. Some identities aren’t something you’re born, you become them through experiences and time, and can’t really be fully explained just by 1-2 word labels.

some old sketches redrawn/updated for sticker printing

I have a pattern w/ these characters obviously. Never noticed tbh.