The internet’s obsession with non-binary people: Data shows explosion of good and bad content

First published on PinkNews.

Non-binary people are talked about constantly online, generally by people who aren’t themselves non-binary.

Chatter about us has exploded during recent years, highlighting the public’s expanding awareness of the existence of non-binary gender identities. That awareness has not come from formal education, rather from trailblazing non-binary individuals publicly sharing their stories about how they started to live more authentically, such as Demi Lovato and Mae Martin, who came out in 2021, and Janelle Monae, who did so in 2022.