2QAGI adjective version (branching) PAPER + scoringp. 1 of 3
1a. What is your current gender identity?
Female
Male
Transgender Female
Transgender Male
Genderqueer if you selected one of these, go to 1b.
Intersex
1b. Please further specify your current identity. (Skip if you indicated only “Female” or “Male” for 1a.)
Man / Agender / Drag Queen / OmnigenderWoman / Aggressive / Differently Gendered / Pre-op transsexual
Genderqueer / Androgynist / Fluid Gender / Post-op transsexual
Trans man / Bigender / Gender Blender / Post-gender
Trans woman / Butch / Intergender / Queer
FTM / Cross Dresser / Intersex / Stud
MTF / Drag King / Non-op transsexual / Two-spirit
Other (please write): ______
2. What gender were you assigned at birth?
Female
Male
Intersex**
**If you selected this option, as which gender were you raised? (select one)
Female
Male
You may copy and paste the above questions into your hardcopy survey. This version does not include branching of genderqueer identities. Also, this method differs from the original versions of the so-called two-step method because this method explicitly includes “genderqueer” as a response option. As both Tate, Lebdetter, and Youssef (2013) and Kuper, Nussbaum, and Mustanski (2012) found, “genderqueer” comprises approximately half of all transgender spectrum (i.e., trans*) responses. Thus, researchers will lose approximately half of their trans* response data if they do not include “genderqueer” as a response option.
The citation reference for this version of the two-question assessment of gender identity (2QAGI) is:
Tate, C. C., Ledbetter, J. N., & Youssef, C. P. (2013). A two-question method for assessing gender categories in the social and medical sciences. Journal of Sex Research, 50, 767-776.
Additional reference in this document:
Kuper, L. E., Nussbaum, R., & Mustanski, B. (2012). Exploring the diversity of gender and sexual orientation identities in an online sample of transgender individuals. Journal of Sex Research, 49, 244-254.
Scoring/Data Organization:
In order to determine cisgender and transgender spectrum profiles, you may follow these steps below:
Cisgender Profiles (cis women, cis men)
Cis is Latin for “on the same side.” Thus, cisgender profiles are the same responses to the two questions.
Profile / Current Identity Question / Birth-Assigned Category QuestionCis woman / Female / Female
Cis man / Male / Male
Binary Transgender Profiles (trans women, trans men)
Trans is Latin for “across or beyond.” Thus, binary transgender profiles are different responses to the two questions—but only the responses that exclude genderqueer.
Profile / Current Identity Question / Birth-Assigned Category QuestionTrans woman / Female / Male
TransgenderFemale / Male
Transgender Male* / Male*
Trans man / Male / Female
Transgender Male / Female
Transgender Female** / Female**
*In some of our research, we have found that newly identifying trans women will use this response pattern.
**In some of our research, we have found that newly identifying trans men will use this response pattern.
For an explanation of why we use a space between trans and the gender category see:
Non-Binary Transgender Profiles (Genderqueer Individuals)
Non-binary transgender profiles are different responses to the two questions—but only the responses that include “genderqueer” or “intersex.” Genderqueer is a linguistic convention to indicate an identity “beyond” or outside of current binary conceptions of gender either female or male. Intersex is a burgeoning linguistic convention in the United States to also mark in language an identity that is both female and male. As Tate, Ledbetter, and Youssef (2013) note, genderqueer/non-binary includes two sets of distinct identities: (a) those who experience gender identity as a combined sense of female and male and (b) those who experience gender identity as a sense of self that is neither female nor male. With the method detailed here the two different types cannot be distinguished. The versions of the 2QAGI with branching allow for this distinction.
Profile / Current Identity Question / Birth-Assigned Category QuestionGenderqueer/Non-binary / Genderqueer / Female
Genderqueer / Male
Genderqueer / Intersex
Intersex / Female
Intersex / Male