Emerging research on stigma suggests that society's mistreatment of nonbinary individuals can, in part, be attributed to public uncertainty and a lack of knowledge about nonbinary identities. In response to this, this study drew upon the theoretical framework of uncertainty management to explore research questions related to nonbinary identity and information behaviors by investigating uncertainty management as evidenced by longitudinal Google Trends data related to nonbinary gender identities. If individuals were found to be engaging in information seeking, the result of this behavior may be that they become less likely to hold stigmatizing attitudes toward nonbinary people, and ultimately be less likely to engage in discrimination toward them. Results indicated that indeed there has been an increase in search volume interest related to nonbinary identities in the past decade. The study concludes by presenting the need for further research to clarify the nature of the relationship between stigma and information seeking, as well as presenting a quandary for researchers regarding the desire for more detailed demographic data, as balanced with concerns for privacy.

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对非二元身份兴趣的谷歌趋势分析。

对耻辱的新兴研究表明，社会对非二元个体的虐待可部分归因于公众的不确定性和对非二元身份的了解不足。为此，本研究利用不确定性管理的理论框架，通过调查与非二元性别身份相关的纵向谷歌趋势数据所证明的不确定性管理，探索与非二元身份和信息行为相关的研究问题。如果发现个人从事信息搜索，这种行为的结果可能是他们变得不太可能对非二进制人持有污名化态度，并最终不太可能对他们进行歧视。结果表明，在过去十年中，与非二元身份相关的搜索量兴趣确实有所增加。该研究的结论是需要进一步研究以阐明耻辱感与信息寻求之间关系的性质，并向研究人员提出了一个窘境，即希望获得更详细的人口统计数据，并与对隐私的担忧相平衡。