In 2019, Japan LGBT Research Institute Inc. conducted an online survey, collecting 348,000 valid responses from people aged 20 to 69, not all of whom were LGBT. 2.5% of the respondents called themselves X-gender.[18]
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^"【XラウンジからNEWS!】参議院議員の尾辻かな子さんへのレインボー・アクションの陳情で、Xラウンジから要望書を提出しました。" [[NEWS from X Lounge!] We submitted a request form from the X Lounge in response to a petition of Kanae Otsuji, a member of the House of Councilors, about the rainbow action.]. Rainbow Action (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^Liu, Michelle (January 1, 2020). "Best LGBTQ+ Characters of 2019". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021. The same year [2019], Fushigi Yugi creator Yuu Watase came out as X-gender ...