In a clear sign that the radical gender ideology push is losing steam, new data reveals a shocking drop in the number of American college students identifying as transgender or non-binary, just two years after the trend peaked under the Biden-Harris administration’s influence.
According to a report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), analyzed by the Centre for Heterodox Social Science, the percentage of U.S. undergraduates claiming identities other than male or female has declined from 6.8 percent in 2023 to just 3.6 percent in 2025, representing a nearly 50 percent decrease.
The report states:
The scale of the decline in the student data is considerable, even accounting for variability in the data. The Andover prep school sample shows a drop from over 9 percent non-binary in 2023 to 3 percent in 2025. In the much larger FIRE sample, the decline during the same period is from 6.8 to 3.6 percent of the total, a near halving of the non-binary share across a sample of 55,000-69,000 students per annum.
The Brown University student survey data, whose 2025 survey captured nearly half the target population, shows a drop from around 5 percent in 2022-23 to 2.6 percent in 2025, also a halving of the non-binary share. In these cases we see a ‘rise and fall’ pattern of numbers returning to pre-surge baselines.
This nosedive comes after years of aggressive promotion of gender fluidity in schools, media, and social platforms, which many conservatives have long labeled as social contagion rather than genuine identity.
The report suggests the decline could be linked to improving mental health among students, with depression rates falling from 44 percent in 2022 to 38 percent in 2024, per a survey cited in The Economist.
A 2023 study highlighted how over half of teen girls identifying as trans had friends doing the same, pointing to peer pressure and trends as key drivers, factors that appear to be reversing now.
Elite institutions are seeing even steeper drops.
At Brown University, the percentage of students identifying as non-binary decreased from 5 percent in 2022-2023 to 2.6 percent in 2025.
Similarly, Phillips Academy Andover reported a decline from 7.4 percent in 2023 to 3 percent in 2025.
On X, users are celebrating the fade of what many call a dangerous “fad.”
It’s no longer “trendy” to be “trans.”
“…the fact both have declined sharply in just two years is a startling and unanticipated post-progressive development that the education and media establishments will be reluctant to acknowledge.” pic.twitter.com/0qJZ5aMGps
— Moms for Liberty (@Moms4Liberty) October 14, 2025
Moms for Liberty declared, “It’s no longer ‘trendy’ to be ‘trans.’”
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