Having checked, the actual report is indeed more complex than the summary - and still simplifies - I quote:
Identity
Because of the way the question was worded, with space for people to self describe their gender, we categorised the responses in three broad ways: people who self-described as mostly to only male; people who self-described as mostly to only female; and people who self-described as transgendered, genderqueer, or gave a strong mix of gender terms. Because of the way that people did this (e.g. “mostly female, trans”), these categories are not mutually exclusive, and therefore should not add to 100%
Gender
Female (mostly to only): 47% Male (mostly to only): 36% Trans / genderqueer: 19%
Many attendees wrote extra information around this question because they were unhappy with the categories given. For example, some people wrote ‘transgender’ or some variant upon the term; a mix of gender descriptions such as ‘effeminate male’; or words to indicate they resist the use of labels in this way, such as ‘fluid’ or ‘me’.
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Re: To what extent are m, f and transgender exclusive categories?
Date: 2008-09-04 06:35 pm (UTC)Having checked, the actual report is indeed more complex than the summary - and still simplifies - I quote:
Identity
Because of the way the question was worded, with space for people to self describe their gender, we categorised the responses in three broad ways: people who self-described as mostly to only male; people who self-described as mostly to only female; and people who self-described as transgendered, genderqueer, or gave a strong mix of gender terms.
Because of the way that people did this (e.g. “mostly female, trans”), these categories are not mutually exclusive, and therefore should not add to 100%
Gender
Female (mostly to only): 47%
Male (mostly to only): 36%
Trans / genderqueer: 19%
Many attendees wrote extra information around this question because they were unhappy with the categories given. For example, some people wrote ‘transgender’ or some variant upon the term; a mix of gender descriptions such as ‘effeminate male’; or words to indicate they resist the use of labels in this way, such as ‘fluid’ or ‘me’.