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.
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Zachariah@lemmy.world · 103 pts · 356d
0.81863% of Americans, and the republicans waste how much fucking time and money on demonizing them?
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 356d
Woah! Way higher percentage than I thought
All the more reason to defend them! ❤️
ameancow@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 356d
victorz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 356d
That's way more than I would've expected. Do other animals have "anomalies" like this with such a huge share of the species?
Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com · 35 pts · 356d
Sometimes much higher than that. Nature is really fucking weird.
https://www.iflscience.com/world-first-study-finds-sex-reversal-surprisingly-common-in-wild-australian-birds-80408
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 356d
Interesting!
artifex@piefed.social · 29 pts · 356d
There’s plenty of evidence of homosexuality across broad swaths of the animal kingdom, but gender is a human social construct (until the apes and whales tell us otherwise) so I don’t know how this would even translate to any other animals.
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 356d
Exactly, they can't tell us otherwise 😅
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 26 pts · 356d
How would we know if an animal is trans?
victorz@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 356d
Exactly!
MourningDove@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 355d
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 78 pts · 356d
2.8 million minus one; I managed to get my trans ass out of there before it was too late for me. I'm fucked off to Sweden now
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 356d
How hard was it to move?
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 356d
It has not been easy and I can't deny my privilege, if we're to be honest. I've moved on a student residency permit which requires me to prove I can financially survive the entire time. I've saved enough from working in tech to (probably) pay for the full 30 months tuition and living expenses.
I sold, donated, and trashed everything I owned except what could fit in a backpack and two suitcases. I've left my family, friends, partners, and a well paying job. I'm alone and scared and I've never been more stressed in my life. I can't speak or read Swedish well at all and it makes everything more complicated and I get embarrassed about it.
The legal process was in the works for nearly a year making sure I was lining everything up correctly. It could have been done much faster but I was also in the middle of recovering from a major surgery and going through a divorce.
Now that I'm here I had to get biometrics done to get issued an official residency permit card, I took that and a bunch of other stuff to apply for a personnummer and ID card. It took a couple weeks to get the permit and the ID card will be over a month. Then I can take that card and get a Bank ID. Without a personnummer or Bank ID I basically only exist as a ghost. I can't get a bank account, be on a real phone plan, get proper medical, hell I can't even sign up for a grocery store membership. I don't know how I'm going to pay rent because they want me to wire the money, my bank only does international wires over the phone, and my prepaid phone plan can't do international calls.
I'm in a bureaucratic nightmare for an indefinite amount of time while I watch my savings evaporate. So far it's worth it though. I feel safe here, the people are kind, I can see myself one day feeling at home in a way I never saw while I lived in the US.
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 355d
Well done for putting in all the work to improve your life, it's not easy but it'll all be worth it
Atomic@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
That's a very tough situation. You're right that you can't do much without a BankID these days.
You can always get proper medical aid. Though as a non EU citizen you'll have to pay full price for your visit and potential medication.
But you should be able to open a bank account despite not having a personnummer. Assuming you have a valid US Passport, it should be possible. You'll have to visit a bank in person and bring your passport and explain why you need a bank account and how you intend to use it. Explaining that you are a student here and need to transfer forgein funds from your american bank in order to be able to pay for expenses should be a valid reason.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 355d
I was under the impression I needed a personnummer for the bank account? It's worth a shot with my passport at least; being able to transfer funds here would save me so much headache and fear of the USD collapsing. Might make that my quest when I wake up find a bank nearby
Atomic@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 355d
I'm not going to say I know exactly how the process is made. But I know forgeiners can open bank accounts without having a Swedish personnummer. Provided you have a good reason to do so. E.g. employment as the classic example. But being a student should also be a good reason.
In essence. They just want to make sure you're not laundering money. That is their biggest concern.
Also, I would recommend that you take it easy at first on your transfers. I don't know if the Swedish bank can handle dollars or if they will automatically exchange it to SEK, but it's currently semi-stable at about ~9.6SEK per USD, coming down from an all time high of ~11SEK per USD at the start of the year. Make of that as you will. But it's worth keeping in mind to decide when and how much you want to transfer at a time.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 355d
I'm glad your ass is safe, I hope the rest of your body gets to safety as well
Atomic@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 356d
Lycka till.
icid@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 355d
Yeah Europe is less hostile also the life standard is way higher here greetings from Germany
wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 33 pts · 356d
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.
davidagain@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 355d
RFK Jr has fallen in love with you for this post.
Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca · 27 pts · 356d
2.8M people? Thats like 9 feet. We clearly need a trans only basketball league.
BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 356d
I can't picture it, think I need a banana for scale.
kandoh@reddthat.com · 14 pts · 356d
We won't have full trans acceptance until the procedure can guarantee that MtF will looks super hot and fuckable.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 25 pts · 356d
This is the dilemma I'm facing. Continue to masquerade as a man and have a somewhat "normal" life, or live as my authentic self and suddenly make life 100x harder having to live with transphobic shitheads out there because I know damn well I ain't gonna pass.
kandoh@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 356d
The technology is getting better everyday. Beauty standards are changing constantly. You should do whatever you think will make you happy.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 10 pts · 356d
I know exactly what would make me happy, the problem is the people who would make it their mission to make me as unhappy as possible in life for daring to try to be happy.
Luci@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 356d
All MtF trans are super hot and fuckable if you ask me.
Source: I’m MtF trans.
glimse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 356d
This is absolutely untrue lol
There's nothing wrong with being ugly, though. The attractiveness bell curve is about the same between cis and trans
Source: I'm an art school graduate
Luci@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 356d
What if I told you everyone is hot and fuckable?
glimse@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 356d
Then I'd question your definition of hot lol
kandoh@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 356d
You two are just arguing over standards
glimse@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 356d
We are all geniuses!
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
Kinda weird to tie acceptance to physical appearance, ngl.
kandoh@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 356d
Cis male heterosexuality is the primary obstacle and driver to the acceptance of non-traditional relationships in mainstream society.
A big reason for LGBTQ gains in the 90s and 00s was the allowance of gay kissing and relationships in movies and TV shows... So long as they were sexy women.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 355d
-Literally doctors in trans medicine until very upsettingly recently
You used to only cleared for HRT or surgery if your doctor thought you'd look hot afterwards
BabyVi@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 356d
We gotta get those numbers up ya'll.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 355d
That is a lot of people that will be prisoned soon :(
ValarieLenin@midwest.social · 1 pts · 356d
How many Eggs though?
hexagon@lemmy.ml · -11 pts · 356d
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
minnow@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 356d
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.
hexagon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 356d
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