{"id":273450,"date":"2026-01-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=273450"},"modified":"2026-01-28T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:28:52","slug":"falling-numbers-signal-end-of-gender-ideology-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/falling-numbers-signal-end-of-gender-ideology-hype","title":{"rendered":"Falling numbers signal end of gender ideology hype"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The once-dominant trans trend among Generation Z is crumbling, with plummeting identification rates exposing it as a fleeting social fad rather than an immutable truth. In a January 23, 2026, opinion piece for Neue Z\u00fcrcher Zeitung, Birgit Schmid highlights how taboo it was to label rising trans cases as &#8220;social contagion&#8221; or imitation\u2014yet emerging data proves skeptics right, benefiting vulnerable youth by curbing hasty, irreversible decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. surveys paint a clear picture: Political scientist Eric Kaufmann&#8217;s analysis shows nonbinary student identifications dropping from 8% in 2023 to 2% in 2025 at one school, halving elsewhere, with boys&#8217; numbers in &#8220;free fall.&#8221; Psychologist Jean M. Twenge&#8217;s national data reveals trans and nonbinary rates among 18-22-year-olds halved from 2022 to 2024, peaking among early 2000s births. Linguist John McWhorter notes binary pronouns reclaiming ground, signaling a backlash against the &#8220;pronoun revolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Switzerland, Zurich&#8217;s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry consultations for gender incongruence surged to 134 in 2021 amid COVID isolation, but halved to 60 by 2024. Schmid attributes this to pandemic-fueled social media echo chambers, where TikTok amplified imitation among teens grappling with identity flux\u2014especially girls seeking boyhood as a &#8220;solution&#8221; to turmoil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decline reflects a broader cultural pivot, as ideological activism from doctors, politicians, and media loses grip. 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