• Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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      i thought a greater proportion of the population than 0.1% was trans though?

      it sounds to me as though, if 3% of the population at large is trans, then the trans community is committing only 1/30th as much domestic terrorism as there SHOULD be.

      Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

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        Just looked at the recent census results for the UK which is where I am and only 0.5% reported their gender identity is different to the gender they were assigned at birth, further to that only 0.2% specifically said they were trans. Not sure what it’s like where you’re from but 3% seems quite high.

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          You have to realize that not many folks are going to openly identify themselves to a government that has been hostile to them.

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          i shall accept your corrective information and update my expectations. makes my personal experience seem even more of a huge outlier but… eh, i guess in for a penny in for a pound or something.

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      Source for the trans numbers? I’m pretty sure Canada is the only country that has actually reported them, and its largely dependent in generation.

      If taking gen Z (the largest percent of trans people, least bais due to fear of coming out) its just under 1%, meaning trans people would be 10x less likely to cause a mass shooting