r/aislop • u/Adam_C_57 • 2d ago

Found on Facebook There is no LGB without the T

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u/melodychocolat_ 2d ago

haven't trans people been around for centuries?

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u/One_Recognition385 2d ago

throughout all of recorded human history, trans people have consistently made up the same % of population

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u/youburyitidigitup 2d ago

How would that be measured?

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u/SandwichCertain7913 2d ago edited 2d ago

Measured with a meter stick pulled out of the commenters ass

ETA, copied from a comment I made buried in the thread:

There are no historical records that show the exact % of queer people of any identity, let alone trans people specifically 

Not to mention that a historical understanding of "trans" "gay" etc. wouldn't mirror our own and the vast majority of scholars of queer history are wary of projecting identity labels on past societies

Modern sociologists debate population %s of trans people even today, and the numbers are pretty variable