Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone cowboycrustation [he/him] @lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 mo. ago

Pie Chart of Gender Identity for c/Trans

I likely accidentally counted people twice or skipped someone, but regardless here's a general idea of the makeup of our population from the sample size of the post I made.

Also, it shortened transmasculine/feminine nonbinary on the graph.

I typed in the value for cis women as zero, and it didn't show up on the chart so keep that in mind.

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I will do literally anything but finish the essay that was due two days ago
- Was I counted as binary trans or transfem? :3
  
  I think I counted you as binary...may have accidentally put you in both categories
Funny that there were four cis men and exactly zero cis women. Our community is out of balance!
- Yup, and there are more cis men than trans men
  
  I'm a ciswoman. I don't subscribe, but I often read posts from this community on my main feed, and 100% support trans and nonbinary people.
  
  Hmm
  
  How many of those cis men are actually cis men? :3c
Interesting result. While there is no evidence suggesting the general population is out of balance when it comes to ratios of transfemme vs transmasc identities, my observation is hat online expression is biased towards the feminine side of things. Your quick and dirty little survey would suggest the same.

Very curious if this is indeed the case and if so, what causes the bias. Do transmasculine identifying people just touch more grass? Does transfeminine content attract cis men to a larger degree than transmasc content attracts cis women? Therefore causing a bias in content delivery and by effect engagement? Or am I just suffering from confirmation bias and am I more likely to notice transfeminine stuff?

Feels like this sort of stuff could be a cool research project. And there's likely a buttload of data available just from regular posts.

And sorry to all of you enbies for focusing on the extremes of the spectrum. You're just a little more difficult to fit into these comparisons because your whole deal is defying categorization as either. I promise you are interesting too!
- "When asked how they think of themselves, a plurality of trans adults identify as non-binary (40%), with about one in five identifying as trans women (22%) or gender non-conforming (22%), and a smaller share identifying as trans men (12%). Others say they identify in some other way (2%)."
  
  Source
  
  whats interesting in that survey is that when referring to sex, it is basically an even distribution. so that means afabs are identifying in more diverse ways, as the sexes are basically even
  
  Ah so there is research suggesting the bias is real! Interesting, thanks for the link! Now I'm even more curious what could cause the difference.
- There are tons of transmasc people online, just not on reddit/Lemmy. Let's be real the core userbase of this website seems to be programmers (I am not one, but I've had multiple people at this point tell me they are in unrelated discussions). I'm sure y'all know the sexism that comes with being a girl in comp sci. If you're living as a girl during high school/college age, it's harder and honestly just uncomfortable to sit through male-dominated classes where half your classmates don't respect you just due to your gender.
  
  Yeah that's a good point. Lemmy userbase in general might be biased. Definitely feel bad for all the women genuinely interested in tech fields who have to put up with the sausage fest shenanigans.
I will make an updated pie chart in a couple of days when there's more replies
- Probably should use something like StrawPoll for more dynamic results. Then again, if this is just for giggles it doesn't really matter and going by comments on a post is fine too.
  
  That's a good point. I'll look into it. A lot of people gave convoluted answers in the comments so it was up to me to put them into a category.
Yes, Part of the majority for once /s
eli5: whats the difference between transfem and trans woman?
- Transfem is an umbrella term for trans women and nonbinary people who identify more or less with the feminine. The term trans woman usually refers to someone who identifies along the gender binary.
Where Transneutral?
- I don't know what transneutral is but I made a category for nonbinary that isn't transfem or transmasc
tbf idk where mine ended up but i think it counts in the nonbinary umbrella

someone else mentioned transneutral, it could work as that too
- What is transneutral
  
  when your transgender identity is neither feminine nor masculine, ergo "neutral"
Maybe, instead of a pie chart, we could make a survey where you can enter your gender with a slider

Maybe let ppl pick a spectrum and make a diagram where submitted spectrums overlap
- Oh yea, something like this
  
  I imagnine something like a price range selector, but this could do it, too

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