Gut check question: If I run a survey asking about someone's gender identity, is it inclusive enough to make the options Male/Female/Non-Binary or Other?

both

or you can do trans/non-binary

great thanks!

female
male
both
neither
trans
other

Although I hate "other" because it's just a lovely reminder of how othered those folks are in society, but it works for a survey.

Yeah it could be interpreted that way though the intent is to have a space for people who don't want to be categorized in traditional buckets

"Other" is mainly problematic when the only other options are male and female and no means of explaining is available. One sticking point with using "trans" as a category unto itself is that it implies that being trans isn't being male or female, when that's often exactly what someone might be — they're just not the one assigned to them at birth.

That is to say... it's problematic to imply that a trans man has to choose between "male" or "trans." The problem could be solved by using "cis male" and "cis female" instead of just "male" and "female," but of course that depends on the goals of the survey.

Yeah that would be incredibly time-consuming. Too many options and people start giving up. There's no perfect solution

Hamlet_Au i saw this in a survey today and thought it was a nice way to do it

Yup, that’s a good way to do it.

Hmm yeah thanks I'll consider doing that next time!