a School of Psychological Sciences , Tel-Aviv University.
b Sagol School of Neuroscience , Tel-Aviv University.
J Sex Res. 2019 Feb;56(2):249-263. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1523998. Epub 2018 Oct 17.
The relations between self-reported aspects of gender identity and sexuality were studied in an online sample of cisgender (n = 4,954), transgender (n = 406), and gender-diverse (n = 744) groups. Aspects of gender identity and sexual fantasies, attraction, behavior, and romantic relations were assessed using the Multi-gender Identity Questionnaire (Multi-GIQ) and a sexuality questionnaire. Results show a wide spectrum of gender experiences and sexual attractions within each group, an overlap among the groups, and very weak relations between atypical gender identity and atypical sexuality. At the group level, aspects of gender identity and sexuality were mainly predicted by gender and sex-gender configuration, with little contribution of sex assigned at birth. A principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that measures of gender identity and of sexuality were independent, the structure of sexuality was mostly related to gender, whereas the structure of gender identity was mostly related to sex-gender configuration. The results of both approaches suggest that measures of gender identity could roughly be divided into three classes: one including feeling as a man and feeling as a woman; a second including measures of nonbinary and "trans" feelings; and a third including feeling as a "real" woman and feeling as a "real" man. Our study adds to current scientific data that challenge dichotomous conventions within gender identity and sexuality research. Possible social and clinical implications are discussed.
本研究调查了顺性别者（n=4954）、跨性别者（n=406）和性别多样化者（n=744）群体中自我报告的性别认同和性取向之间的关系。使用多性别认同问卷（Multi-GIQ）和性取向问卷评估了性别认同和性幻想、吸引力、行为和浪漫关系的各个方面。结果表明，每个群体内部都存在广泛的性别体验和性吸引力，群体之间存在重叠，非典型性别认同与非典型性取向之间的关系非常微弱。在群体水平上，性别认同和性取向的各个方面主要由性别和性别配置预测，而出生时的性别分配贡献很小。主成分分析（PCA）表明，性别认同和性取向的测量是独立的，性取向的结构主要与性别有关，而性别认同的结构主要与性别配置有关。这两种方法的结果都表明，性别认同的测量可以大致分为三类：一类包括感觉像男性和感觉像女性；第二类包括非二元和“跨性别”感觉的测量；第三类包括感觉像“真正的”女性和感觉像“真正的”男性。我们的研究增加了当前挑战性别认同和性取向研究中二分法惯例的科学数据。讨论了可能的社会和临床意义。
