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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

That was my first thought too but the total is globally, so it seems like quite a small number even when considering trans people account for ~1.4% of the world population which would be about 113,036,000 people.

Man that's fucked up.

"Good news! Proportionally, less trans people were murdered!"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It's the higher bound for estimates at a population level. It makes sense to use the upper bound for a comparison like this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's why I said accounting for demographics. There are proportionaly more trans people in richer countries where murders are also lower. But I don't know how one would do that full demographic comparison.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There are proportionaly more trans people in richer countries

There are proportionally more openly identified trans people in richer countries

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I think more people have the capacity to realize they're trans in wealthy nations.

Kind of hard to reach self-actualization when your other needs aren't met.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Thailand being a notable exception.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So if you dig into the actual data, they point out that this is probably far from the actual number of murders, since it is only reported, and not all jurisdictions participate. One concerning thing though that I saw was that 94% of all the reported murders were of trans women.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

And almost half were sex workers. I would bet that the real number is much greater, considering the numerous countries that wouldn't be recording the person as being trans. Due to the stigma associated, I'm guessing that it's more likely sex workers will be designated as 'trans' rather than general population, due to the conservative nature of many countries.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

113,036,000 people would be a respectable size for an entire country. That would be an interesting country to live in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Idk why the downvotes ?