[junek]

Nah, trans people have been around a lot longer than this.

It's more like left-handedness (or good old homosexuality), in that the rate of incidence is not increasing but rather that social repression has backed off slightly and people feel a bit more confident being out.

People can be a bit more open about their gender when they're less afraid of being killed for it.

[dxuh]

I agree with you, but as far as I know there is a large gender imbalance (Female to Male is much more common than Male to Female - almost twice as common). How would you explain that?

[ljf]

Society is largely still more accepting of Female to Male transition, than Male to Female. Plus the gendered power balance might leave more people adverse to making the shift in public.

I would also 'guess' that those who transition and dress moving from female to male, can 'pass' more easily in society. Even if someone still has female features, if they dress like a guy, no one cares.

[krig]

I don’t have any research to back this up but I am willing to bet that this is more due to social stigma than any genetic component.

[jklinger410]

> It's more like left-handedness (or good old homosexuality), in that the rate of incidence is not increasing but rather that social repression has backed off slightly and people feel a bit more confident being out.

I hear this exact same argument for autism, adhd, gender disphoria, cancer, heart disease...

I also hear about how hard it is to come out, and how you should believe what someone tells you because no one would sign up for this lifestyle without good merit. And I also hear about the increase of hate crimes, and the fact that it is the topic de jour of modern American politics.

Seems like we are consistently eating our cake and having it too, here.

[nonethewiser]

> Nah, trans people have been around a lot longer than this.

He’s talking about the increase. He never claimed trans is new.

[lelanthran]

> Nah, trans people have been around a lot longer than this.

He didn't say that they weren't :-/

[logicchains]

> in that the rate of incidence is not increasing but rather that social repression has backed off slightly and people feel a bit more confident being out.

What evidence are you basing this statement on?

[Nasrudith]

Look at the rates of lefthandedness rising after they did away with the superstitious torture bullshit.