At least 60 posts into the thread and still no mention of intersex people or ambiguous genetalia. I won't post pictures, but you can Google them if you're really curious.
There isn't a scientific or fact-based argument to be had against trans people. Such an argument doesn't exist. Quite the opposite. I'm not sure how you can rationalize there being only 2 genders when you have babies born with both ovaries and testicles.
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Verbose response about feels and that the statistics i initially posted somehow are disingenuous when your own report pretty much quote the same numbers. It's not a shocker that a person suffering from fill in the blank is less likely to commit suicide compared to an afflicted person if they have family support, newsflash, that's true of all sub populations.
That's the whole point, they still suffer from depression, they still feel a certain way even though they have transitioned.
Stop being a derp. People who are abandoned by parents have increased suicide rates. So what happens when your entire family disowns you and you're homeless at 14? That seriously fucks your mental health. It's no wonder trans people become suicidal when their family treats them like they raped and murdered a toddler. Then there's all of the backlash from a society that considers them non-persons.
Then you consider how much violence trans people go through. Estimates are that trans people are approximately 6 times more likely to be murdered than cis people, to 1 in every 12 trans people will be murdered. Approximately half of all trans people are subjected to violence or abuse at some point in their life.
The question isn't how come suicide rates are so high among the trans population, but how do you go through all this shit and not
want to kill yourself?