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The report of this year's Gender Census was just released:

https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2024-worldwide/

The Google Sheet with the raw data is at the end. 37 responses contain the word "eunuch".

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GenderCensus2024

"Welcome to the eleventh annual gender census!

I'll start by making it as clear as possible who's invited to take part.

According to one model of gender called the "gender binary", everyone fits tidily into one of these categories:

Woman/girl ...

Also, there is no LGBT....E designation.



I see my eunuch identity as a nonbinary transgender identity, placing me under the T. While not all use the label, all nonbinary people are transgender by definition. Those who do not consider themselves transgender can be included as "gender diverse ...

But I just realized I inadvertently got one around 1970 in high school while horsing around; a pencil point (remember pencils) was jabbed into my palm directly under my lifeline. I'm still here, and so is that pencil point.



I have one too! Accidental encounter with my own mechanical pencil, in ...

Thanks WheelyCurious for the follow-up and analysis! Just one note: Cassian uses they/them pronouns.

"My name is Cassian. I'm nonbinary (agender), and my pronouns are they/them."

https://www.gendercensus.com/faq/#who-are-you

Without T, my body hair has pretty much vanished. It will be three years in July.

Thanks everyone who took the survey (open until 9 May 2023). The results will be available here:

https://www.gendercensus.com/results/

The annual survey run by Cassian Lodge is now open for 2023. If you think you do not fit into the gender binary, please complete this survey. Last year we had some good eunuch representation. Get out there and be counted!

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GenderCensus2023/

"Welcome to the tenth ...

Hmm... I do not want to be negative, but the way results are published is classic example of how you DO NOT present your data.

(tables as images, graphs with multiple lines of similar color, and other stuff).

On another hand - I definitely remember that something in that census set me off in the ...

There is good and valuable information in the survey. I know that I will be able to use it in the future. Thank you for the great work.



Thanks, but not my work! All credit to Cassian (they/them) who has been running the survey for several years. The census has become a fascinating and useful ...

https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2022-worldwide/

I counted at least nine eunuchs in the raw data, which is a decent increase over previous years. The survey had just under 40k total usable responses.

I don't understand the purpose of this poll. "The Jesus' survey" was produced by learned anthropologists for scientific purposes, and was composed with wisdom and delicacy.



"The Gender Census is an annual survey that collects information about the language used by people whose genders are not ...

However they did NOT offer eunuch as an option for any of the questions about what you defined yourself as.... I did write it in as appropriate, and added a note in the feedback section requesting it, and pointed at EA as where I learned about the survey...



Great! Results in previous years ...

Gender Census 2022, the huge annual survey of people who do not fit the gender binary, is now open. Please complete this survey to improve eunuch visibility:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GenderCensus2022/

"As far as we know, most people fit tidily into one of these categories:

- Woman/girl ...

As a Very British Person (TM) I can confirm that 'orchidectomy' is correct British English, and 'orchiectomy' is not correct in the UK -- It is indeed a difference dictated by where the red, white and blue occurs on the flag.



And I can confirm that "orchidectomy" is the term used where the red ...

I found out about modern eunuchs and discovered my longing to become one at around age 23. I had no understanding of gender identity as a concept or why I felt this way. I started lurking on the EA forums shortly after it was founded.

At age 33, I was certain of my transition goal and open about it ...

Genderbread Person v4.0 Poster helped me:

https://www.genderbread.org/resource/genderbread-person-v4-0-poster

The main idea is that sex and gender identity and gender expression are different concepts, as are sexual and romantic attraction. The other idea is that gender identity and expression can ...

I know you can offset osteoporosis with calcium supplements, but is that true or a placebo?



There is some evidence that calcium supplements are associated with increased cardiovascular risk, so dietary calcium (such as dairy and dark green leafy vegetables) may be preferable. Weight-bearing ...

I have completed the survey.

You might try the eunuchs subreddit.

I have been a eunuch for over 18 months and am not on any HRT. I still shave my beard every day. My body hair has greatly reduced and is much finer.

By the way, apart from those weird conical mountains, your home country is rather beautiful. Funny, I live on the weathered stumps of mountains that once were the size of the Himalayas. You live on or near some that have the ambition to get that big.



I live in the South Island, and our ...

Other side of the ditch, but came out to my lesbian GP, got referred to a private urologist, got referred to a public psychiatrist for an assessment (took 11 months!), had my surgery in a public hospital (because local private is Catholic). All up took about 21 months, completed at age 48.

Eunuchs ...

What should I tell my therapist? Is there any hope of getting castrated without being male-to-female transgender? Will I be committed for expressing these desires?



Tell your therapist the truth. They work for you but cannot do their job unless you are truthful. The only time anyone gets ...

Rather than a fetish (technically, a paraphilia), some find that their desire to be castrated is gender euphoria, the flip side of gender dysphoria:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria

This leads to the conclusion that those who wish to be castrated may have a nonbinary transgender ...