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-A large-scale survey of "transgender, trans, genderqueer, and non-binary" people was conducted in 2015: the United States Trans Survey (USTS). In total there were 27,715 respondents, 35% of whom (9,769 people) "indicated that their gender identity was best described as nonbinary or genderqueer." However, a greater number (13,353 people or 48%) answered "Yes" to the question "Do you identify as [[multigender|more than one gender]] or as [[agender|no gender]]?"<ref name="2015USTS">{{Cite web |title=2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf}}</ref>
+A large-scale survey of "transgender, trans, genderqueer, and non-binary" people was conducted in 2015: the United States Trans Survey (USTS). In total there were 27,715 respondents, 35% of whom (9,769 people) "indicated that their gender identity was best described as nonbinary or genderqueer." However, a greater number (13,353 people or 48%) answered "Yes" to the question "Do you identify as [[multigender|more than one gender]] or as [[agender|no gender]]?"<ref name="2015USTS-AppA">{{Cite web |title=2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf|page=Appendix A}}</ref> This echoes Titman's finding above, that question phrasing will affect the reported number of nonbinary/genderqueer people.
+The USTS included a list of gender terms allowing respondents to check off multiple selections, as well as the option to write in a gender that wasn't listed. From this section of the survey:<ref name="2015USTS-44">{{Cite web |title=2015 U.S. Transgender Survey Complete Report |date= |access-date=23 October 2020 |url= https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf|page=44}}</ref>
+*31% of respondents checked "[[Non-binary]]"
+*29% of respondents checked "[[Genderqueer]]"
+*27% of respondents checked "[[Gender non-conforming]] or [[gender variant]]"
+*20% of respondents checked "[[Gender fluid]]/fluid"
+*18% of respondents checked "[[Androgynous]]"
+*14% of respondents checked "[[Agender]]"
+*7% of respondents checked "[[Two-spirit]]"
+*6% of respondents checked "[[Bi-gender]]"
+*5% of respondents checked "[[Butch]]"
+*4% of respondents checked "[[Multi-gender]]"
+*4% of respondents checked "[[Third gender]]"
+*3% of respondents checked "[[Intersex]]"
+*2% of respondents checked "[[Drag|Drag performer (king/queen)]]"
+*1% of respondents checked "[[aggressive|A.G. or aggressive]]"
+*1% of respondents checked "[[Stud]]"
+*1% of respondents checked "[[Travesti]]"
+*Less than 1% of respondents checked "[[Bulldagger]]"
+*Less than 1% of respondents checked "[[Fa'afafine]]"
+*Less than 1% of respondents checked "[[Mahu]]"
+*and 12% of respondents wrote in a gender not listed by the survey
 Extrapolated from the 2015 USTS, it was estimated that there could be over 450,000 [[nonbinary]] individuals in the United States of America<ref name="Hendrick">{{Cite web |title=“M,” “F,” Or “X”? Nonbinary Gender Designations In The Workplace |author=Hendrick et al. |work=Fisher Phillips |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://www.fisherphillips.com/resources-newsletters-article-m-f-or-x-nonbinary-gender-designations}}</ref>, although totally accurate numbers are difficult to ascertain.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Micro Interactions, Macro Harms: Some Thoughts on Improving Health Care for Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Folks|journal=International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics |last=Freeman|first=Lauren|year=2018|doi=10.3138/ijfab.2018.05.29}}</ref>