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And to those who think 0.01% may sound like it'd be a rare occurrence, LAX, for example, averaged 164k passengers per day in 2006 which means approximately 1643
by d6e 7y ago
And to those who think 0.01% may sound like it'd be a rare occurrence, LAX, for example, averaged 164k passengers per day in 2006 which means approximately 1643 of the passengers were in this 0.01% minority. 1643 occurrences per day is quite common.
I've also been frequently flagged in the past for not fitting in the TSA's narrow gender model to the point of getting Precheck at the cost of my privacy and money. It's very frustrating.
- envoked 7y agoNot to take away from your point but 0.01% of 164k is ~17. Edit: I didn't want to be a jerk so I decided to look it up. Looks like NYT[1] has the number at 0.6% (probably higher in reality since it's self reported) so that's about 1000 people a day. Also stats offer little comfort when you're part of that group and it happens to you 100% of the time. [1]https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/health/transgender-population.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/health/transgender-popula...
- lightgreen 7y agoIt’s probably lower in reality since it’s phone poll and minorities are probably more likely to participate in polls.
- AprilArcus 7y ago> minorities are probably more likely to participate in polls on what basis do you believe that to be the case?
- lightgreen 7y agoJust my humble experience. Any minorities (e. g. people of minor nations, like Icelanders) always try to remind everyone of own existence. Which is not a bad thing, and this is maybe untrue, but this could be an explanation of possible trans-people overrepresentation.