Gender Question

Kaitlyn Venta
Kaitlyn Venta
Fifth Anniversary Participant Facilitator 1
in Blackbaud Award Management™ & Blackbaud Stewardship Management™ Discussions

We are updating our general application and looking at our gender question. Currently we have check boxes where students can select one or more of the following: Female, Male, Transgender, Something else, Do not wish to specify. Could others share their gender question and/or answer resopnses? Interested to see what others are using. Thanks!

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  • Lauren Hackett
    Lauren Hackett
    Sixth Anniversary Name Dropper Participant Facilitator 1
    We are using the following for Gender Identification:

    Agender

    Female

    Genderqueer/Gender Non-conforming

    Male

    Transgender

    Choose not to respond
  • Scott Skowronek
    Scott Skowronek
    Sixth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant

    Hi Kaitlyn,

    We use:

    Question Text:

    Gender Identity (optional; select all that apply)

    Answer options:

    Agender
    Androgyne
    Demigender
    Genderqueer or gender-fluid
    Man
    Questioning or unsure
    Trans man
    Trans woman
    Woman
    An identity not listed above
    Prefer not to answer

  • Mallorie Fonseca
    Mallorie Fonseca
    Sixth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant
    I do not believe we ask for gender on our applications. Instead we ask for their pronouns. This is because someone may be a transwoman, non-binary, etc. but not want to make it 'official' or traceable by a family member who may happen upon their information on the family computer. Or it could simply be that they are trans, etc. and just not want to use other pronouns than those given to them at birth. I believe we give them the common ones (she/her, he/his, they/them) but allow an 'other' option where they can put their own in. The response to this question is optional.

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