If queer people were normal and commonly occurring, they wouldn’t have been oppressed for so long. Trans folk and enbies never clear above 1% in any government that allows such a response in their census.
~1 in 100 when talking about demographics and populations is in fact very common. There’s a reason prevalence is usually reported in #/100000.
However, it might be better to compare to employment rates, based on US census data that’s about as common as engineers/architects(1.8%), social workers(1.7%), legal workers(1.1%), all scientists(0.9%), or farming+logging workers (0.7%).
There are more trans/enby individuals than scientists, and you don’t see anyone saying “if scientist were normal and commonly occuring…”
If queer people were normal and commonly occurring, they wouldn’t have been oppressed for so long. Trans folk and enbies never clear above 1% in any government that allows such a response in their census.
~1 in 100 when talking about demographics and populations is in fact very common. There’s a reason prevalence is usually reported in #/100000.
However, it might be better to compare to employment rates, based on US census data that’s about as common as engineers/architects(1.8%), social workers(1.7%), legal workers(1.1%), all scientists(0.9%), or farming+logging workers (0.7%).
There are more trans/enby individuals than scientists, and you don’t see anyone saying “if scientist were normal and commonly occuring…”