The number of UK students who define themselves as neither male nor female has more than doubled in just two years, figures reveal.
LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall said the data confirm that people are becoming increasingly confident to be themselves, thanks to more social acceptance and visibility of different sexual and gender identities.
Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Authority (Hesa) figures by Times Higher Education shows that 5,505 students defined their sex as “other” in 2020-21 – rather than “male” or “female” – equivalent to 0.2 per cent of the student body.
