Doc ImpossibleFeb 24

I think this is one of those things that's stunning, in all the worst ways, and most of them aren't obvious.

Let's start with the basics: there are about 5.5 million trans Americans. This means that *nearly 10% of the entire trans population of the nation* has moved.

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Show threadlilo
@Impossible_PhD Where does this number come from? Could you please provide a source? (I've read the article linked further in the thread but the survey data seems to be older)
Feb 24 at 5:09pmWeb
Show threadDoc ImpossibleFeb 24
@lilo Which number? The USTS is easily googlable, and the 400,000 number broke a few days ago, so that's easily googlable too.
Show threadliloFeb 24
@Impossible_PhD I mean a source for the statement "Over 400,000 transgender people have fled their home states for safer ones since the 2024 election". Found it now, for other readers: https://www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-survey-report
Movement Advancement Project | New Survey Reveals Dramatic Changes for LGBTQ Adults Since November 2024

This nationally representative survey provides a critical snapshot into the experiences, concerns, and actions of LGBTQ people since the November 2024 election.

Show threadKatroFeb 25
@lilo @Impossible_PhD
Can't find this statement in the link you provide.
Show threadliloFeb 25
@katronoris @Impossible_PhD In the survey 9% of trans respondents reported having moved to a different state. The 400.000 number is extrapolated to the absolute trans population.
Show threadKatroFeb 25
@lilo @Impossible_PhD
So, where the number of 5,5 millions came from ?
Show threadliloFeb 25
@katronoris @Impossible_PhD Good question. I can only find a source that says 2.8 million people https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/ (these are the people who self-identify as trans, the number of people who ARE trans is probably higher). So what you can safely and sadly say is: 9% of trans people in a representative study left their home due to LGBTQ-related politics or laws in their state between november 2024 and june 2025. In just 6 months. Not counting the people who left before or after.
How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender in the United States?

Williams Institute
Show threadDoc ImpossibleFeb 25

@lilo @katronoris the Williams numbers are absolute garbage and are known to be garbage--they pull their samples from CDC epidemiological data on transness,not direct sampling, and the CDC only even attempts to capture medically-transitioning trans folks... Which are only about 50% of the trans population, per the 2022 USTS. Even if we ignore that, minorities of all kinds consistently underreport their minority statuses to governments, because governments have a nasty habit of using those data to genocide them.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/07/about-5-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-say-their-gender-is-different-from-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/

About 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth

1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary. Also, a rising share of Americans say they know someone who is transgender.

Pew Research Center