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Do you think the 0.2%-0.3% figure is correct?

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by lymanclark, Jan 11, 2015.

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For the transgender population in the USA, that is. I feel like it might be pretty low, since only very recently has it become even slightly safer for a trans person to come out. There might be a bunch of people with gender dysphoria who are just passing themselves off as their birth sex out of fear.

…I'm one of them…

#1 lymanclark, Jan 11, 2015
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If you consider gender identity as a spectrum, then I think the number is way higher. Maybe in the future people will see it as a continuum, like height or weight.

#2 suninthesky, Jan 11, 2015
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I think it sounds about right, actually. It sounds like very little when you say it like that, but 0.2% is one in every 500 people. It just feels like more to us because LBQT people attract other LBQT people.

#3 Lazuri, Jan 11, 2015
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Sometimes it feels a bit low to me but when you think about how many people there are, .2-.3% is a lot. I know 3 trans people in real life (possibly more) and I live in a pretty small, rural town.

#4 Acm, Jan 11, 2015

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