I've just looked it up (because I just knew it would have increased since I last checked) but according to one PhD source there are now 81 recognized genders. So either anyone can play anyone else in one World Cup Soulman -or we have 81 different competitions 😂

In all seriousness though, a lot of the problem is down to semantics because the definition of the word "gender" is different now to what it was in our day. Prior to around 2000 it was still primarily associated with the physical genitalia you had (ie dick, fanny or both) but has now come to be intrinsically linked with both an individual's feelings about their ***uality and also their roles within a society. Why they couldn't simply have stuck with the old definition I don't know because it was so much easier and less confusing! That way there would be only 3 genders (male, female and hermaphrodite) but possessing any of those physical genitalia would not define someone's ***uality and you could still talk about that as well as gender roles in society and individuals could still aim to transgender. What we meant by "***uality" is now encompassed by the new meaning of "gender" though.

To be fair, reading through Chris Drew's list is quite interesting because it covers a lot of roles played in various societies by shamans and the like, but, of course, in our day this wouldn't be talked of in terms of pure gender. Proof that, as with too many things, "progress" isn't always a good thing.