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A person's appearance, style, dress, or the way they walk or talk may affect how people describe them. How do you think other people at school would describe you? Very feminine

Mostly feminine

Equally feminine & masculine

Mostly masculine

Very masculine

However, "gender nonconforming" young people were found to be more than twice as likely to have psychological problems than those comfortable with their biological sex.

A new study released at UCLA finds 27 percent of California's young people between the ages of 12 and 17 self-report that others view them as gender 'nonconforming" at school.The study - which has a margin of error of about six percent - was based on the inclusion of two questions in the California Health Interview Survey that were asked of 1,594 California young people between the ages of 12 and 17.First, the young people were asked, "Are you male or female?" and, subsequent to that question, they were asked:The authors categorized male participants who said others describe them as "very feminine" or "mostly feminine," and female respondents who said others describe them as "very masculine" or "mostly masculine" as "highly gender nonconforming," while those youth who responded "equally feminine and masculine" were categorized as "androgynous."The study, authored by UCLA's Williams Institute - a sexual orientation and gender identity think tank - and the school's Center for Health Policy Research, also evaluated mental health differences between so-called "gender conforming" and "gender nonconforming" youth.No significant differences were found in the rates of suicidal ideation (thinking) and suicide attempts between the two groups, an outcome that is in stark contrast with many studies cited by proponents of immediate affirmation of young people who claim to be a gender that is inconsistent with their biological sex."The data show that more than one in four California youth express their gender in ways that go against the dominant stereotypes," said the study's lead author Bianca D.M. Wilson of the Williams Institute. "However, the heightened psychological distress we see among gender nonconforming youth indicates that we must continue to educate parents, schools and communities on the mental health needs of these young people and reduce known risk factors, such as bullying and bias."