@AnonymousCoward #60523
“In fact, intersex persons exist as a higher percentage of the population than out trans persons.”
- well, kinda. It depends on what counts as “Intersex”. Commonly, a figure of 1,7% is cited, which, yes, would be significantly higher than the number for trans (generally estimated to be around 0,3 to 0,6 %). Thing is, of this 1,7%-figure 1,5-percantage-points are Late onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_onset_congenital_adrenal_hyperplasia ) which is rather debatable as something falling under the intersex umbrella (to quote Leonard Sax : “From a clinician’s perspective, however, LOCAH is not an intersex condition. The genitalia of these babies are normal at birth, and consonant with their chromosomes: XY males have normal male genitalia, and XX females have normal female genitalia.” https://www.leonardsax.com/how-common-is-intersex-a-response-to-anne-fausto-sterling/ ). If LOCAH is excluded, than transpersons would be a higher percentage than intersex (from “slightly” to “to significantly”, depending on whether you go by the lower or higher estimate of trans-prevalence).
So, as with a lot of things, it depends on what you include or exclude.