Exclusive: largest data analysis of its kind counters Trump’s aggressive efforts to deny trans minors’ existence
More than 2.8 million people now identify as transgender in the US, including an estimated 724,000 youth, according to a new data analysis that is the largest of its kind to date.
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Williams Institute used federal surveys and data from state health agencies to identify the size and demographics of the trans population in each state.
The analysis, shared with the Guardian and released on Wednesday, documented thousands of trans youth living in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The findings counter Donald Trump’s aggressive efforts to deny the existence of trans minors, as his administration removes references to trans people across federal agencies and widely erodes protections and programs for LGBTQ+ communities.
0.81863% of Americans, and the republicans waste how much fucking time and money on demonizing them?
Woah! Way higher percentage than I thought
All the more reason to defend them! ❤️
Recent polls showed that many Americans estimate the number of transgender people in the US as high as one in five. They have successfully built an imaginary war with an imaginary “enemy” and people’s perceptions of reality have been warped beyond belief by media and hype and algorithmic internet BS.
That’s way more than I would’ve expected. Do other animals have “anomalies” like this with such a huge share of the species?
How would we know if an animal is trans?
Plush toys in the nest.
Exactly!
All I’m saying is if they took that chemical that turns frogs gay and then used homeopathic techniques on it to make an antidote - they could spray it over the continental us as chemtrails to detrans the kids.
RFK Jr has fallen in love with you for this post.
We gotta get those numbers up ya’ll.
That’s why we need to get over voting for trans policies, I’ve never understood why people would be so concerned for like 0.something% of the population
Even here sometimes I read like vote trans right, bro who cares
Even the christians spending so much energy to prevent trans from being trans, it is just a continued distraction from more pressing issues
Voting FOR trans rights accomplishes nothing beyond making sure that trans people have rights.
Voting AGAINST trans rights undermines the freedom and safety of everyone.
My issue is also having this conversation myself, I vote for workers rights, unionisation, public infrastructure, redistribution of wealth, etc. I think those are things that affect society at large and should be under the spotlight
