Actually pretty interesting. I think we're starting to creep up on the actual numbers, as far as you can measure such a thing. I think comphet keeps a lot of people who would otherwise fall somewhere on the bi/pan spectrum from ever experimenting and realizing it about themelves, and I bet that population is actually quite large. As far as transness goes, I would be willing to believe a number within the realm of ~3% to even 5%. I think further complicating this whole thing is that human sexuality and gender identity is a lot more nebulous than the very rigid, medically-originated terminology we use implies. A lot of the identity labels we use (homosexual, transsexual/transgender, etc) were originally medical diagnoses that were later transposed onto cultural identities, which carries a lot of baggage that I think has been left unaddressed, such as the rigidity of their definition, but that's probably for a post for another time. Anyway, just thought it was neat neat, especially the state queerness leaderboards.

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As far as transness goes, I would be willing to believe a number within the realm of ~3% to even 5%

just wondering, what is the reasoning for your guess? cause i feel like mine would be way higher but it's not really based on anything just vibes

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    Same here, just vibes, but I don't live in a very queer area at all. I haven't even had an IRL queer friend honestly. 1% seems silly low, but I do think we're still somewhat rare, for lack of a better term, so 1 in 20 feels like a rough upper bound to me. But again, just vibes.

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