I think (hope) most of us with empathy get that this is real and a good thing. The thing with hate filled people that lack empathy, they want these people to suffer, they want them to be miserable and have a miserable life.

Somehow the misery of the .001% trans population makes their own miserable life’s more tolerable.

Edit: I should have said 1%. Leaving my original comment but conceding my percentage was off.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's hard to generalize because it differs by age range and location, but figures for how many people identify as transgender tend to hover around 0.5% to 1%, so a bit more than you suggest.

I hope cis people are prepared to actually fight for trans people's rights, because in the current climate we need to show some solidarity and stand up for each other.

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today -2 points 2 days ago

Well said!