/lgbt/ - LGBT

What is the ratio of Trans women to Trans men? I tried to google it but couldn’t get a coherent result.

>>8183
From my lived personal experience it's 1:8, I think it was actuallt ~1:1 in the USA, or 3:1

>>8183
Theyre about equal irl but online theres far more openly trans women then there are openly trans men.

>>8187
Are they really equal? I have talked/met tons of guys but I have only seen irl one transwoman and spoke with none, the other 2-3 transwomen i saw of my city was on Grindr so it doesn't count

>>8186
>>8187
I assume then that the media just hyper fixates on Trans-Women and forgets about Trans-Men. Also maybe it is easier for Trans-Men to “Pass.”

>>8183
i am not sure about the actual data but i can tell you that most people's anecdotal evidence doesn't mean anything, i know more ftm than mtf irl but ik plenty of people with the opposite

Are the accusations of transgender-genocide in the United States real? There is definitely state violence against trans people in the United States but is it genocide or it it just a strong word being thrown around?

>>8198
it is a fact that state violence against trans people has been increasing, i would air on agreeing with those who believe trans people are experiencing the developing stages of a genocide (partially because note that a common thing transphobes and TERFs especially love to do is vehemently deny that trans people face any oppression from the state and are under no danger at all)

>>8198
I think it's a bit of an exaggeration but it gets the point across.
Genocide the same sense that the Reagan administration's lack of action caused an AIDS genocide. At a smaller scale, but in principle the same.
Lack of government protection from violence or acknowledgement that it's happening.

>>8198
it depends on whether you consider state violence and oppression of any form, no matter how institutionalized it is, to be a genocide. I think people say this as a shorthand to communicate all the ways that the current increase in marginalization and systemic discrimination will inevitably lead to deaths because it takes way too long to explain that to someone who is not familiar with the concept. I must admit I am a bit worried about overuse of the term; desensitizing people in the case that things do escalate toward even more direct state violence. It's always better to explain things in full when you can than engage in this sort of sloganeering.