hi all,
here are the numbers i have come across regarding percentage of trans
persons in the general population:
2% (Cloud, 1998)
3%-5% (Ettner, 1999)
4%-6% (Eyler & Witten, unpublished manuscript)
Cloud, J. (1998). Trans across america. Time Magazine, 152(3), 68-69.
Ettner, R. (1996). Confessions of a gender defender. Evanston, IL:
Chicago Spectrum Press.
Eyler, A.E. & Witten, T.M. (unpublished manuscript). A Preliminary
Estimate of Transsexual and Transgender Prevalence in the US.
the number used in the time article (2%) is also quoted in an article
which appeared in the 11/19/98 issue of the Babson Free Press (a college
newspaper), "Professor Speaks Out On Becoming a Woman," written by Amber
Hescock. in the article, Ms. Hescock references the chronicle of
higher education. whether time used this reference, i don't know. i
have not been able to locate the referenced chronicle article, and i
have been unable to contact babson or the author of the "professor"
article to confirm the chronicle reference.
i have been in sporadic contact with dr. tarynn witten, and i believe
she has been a member of this list in the past (and may still be). i
have read several of her articles, but i have not read the one
referenced above.
how these numbers are *so* different than the others typically quoted
(1/10,000 or so) is a mystery to me, although i would guess -- as others
have already -- that definitions are hard to agree on, and that trans
persons are good at hiding.
peace,
jane heenan, m.s., mfti
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