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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/trans@lemmy.blahaj.zone

EDIT: Don't vote on this poll if you don't interact/lurk in this community somewhat regularly. This survey is for those people.

Hi everyone,

I made a survey to better gauge the demographics of this community. I don't have any reason to, just doing it out of curiosity.

I'm glad that everyone felt free to talk about it in detail and have some good discussion on my previous post, but it made it hard to count all those comments up. Someone suggested that I do this to get more accurate results.

The poll ends on April 6th at 11pm. I'll post the results when it's over. You can also view the live results of the poll on the website.

Might make a future one for sexuality. Data is fun, what can I say.

What are your predictions for this poll?

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[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Comment under here with your answer if it won't allow you to vote. Keep it to the choices on the survey if you will.

[-] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Binary Trans woman :)

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[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 7 months ago

Cis men are heavily outnumbering even binary trans women right now...I think this leaked onto all

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Or you may have more allies than you think.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 9 points 7 months ago

I imagine that's because the post can be seen by anyone, not just subscribers.

What really surprises me is how few binary transmen there are here. In my local community it's roughly an even split.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I noticed the same thing from the original pie chart OP posted. Turns out there is research supporting the hypothesis that there are less people identifying as binary trans male overall.

Still really interested to see what the results of this poll will be, keeping in mind that the numbers may be influenced by non-subscribers and users from across the fediverse.

Edit: whoops, corrected "transmasculine" to "binary trans male" to avoid confusion.

[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

No, that's not quite right. The source I posted just showed binary trans men as lower. Transmasculine nonbinary was a lot higher.

[-] xilliah@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago

I was under the impression that there were significantly more transmen than women worldwide.

[-] Zoop@beehaw.org 8 points 7 months ago

I seem to know more transmasculine people and trans men than transfeminine people and trans women IRL, but online, in my experience, there's always been way more trans women and transfeminine people than trans men and transmasculine people. AMABs regardless of gender or identity have always had the biggest hold on the Internet in my experience ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Seems like a definitive answer requires more research with higher sample size.

I've also noticed a difference in online exposure, and the difference in subscriber counts between FtM and MtF communities on Blåhaj Lemmy also suggest it's real thing.

But there's also the possibility that people don't want to identify with the "trans" label. Since modern models of gender identity require it to be treated as a high-dimensional vector, the spectrum representation probably doesn't cut it for a larger amount of people than we might be aware of.

[-] felykiosa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Yup i m a cis man myself abd foynd it on général but I interact frequently with this community so I think it s ok

[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago

That's fine

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[-] good_girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 7 months ago

a lot of people are on this instance solely for 196 and/or because of v*ush

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[-] Revonult@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Ally from all here. Surprised by all the CIS myself.

[-] onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 7 months ago

Haha. All the cis men.

I wonder what they would all choose a year from now 😘

[-] scoobford@lemmy.zip 27 points 7 months ago

I questioned and came to the conclusion that I'm quite happy where I am.

My partner is nonbinary though, so I lurk in these sorts of spaces so I have at least a little bit of community awareness and understanding.

[-] onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 months ago

Well that makes me happy to know there are allies like you ❤️

[-] HereIAm@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Eh, I just browse 'all'. Would I chose to be a woman if I had the chance at birth? Likely yes. But I quite like my ding-dong either way 😄

I am however quite jealous of women's fashion, the big scarfs, big wooly jumpers, and flowy textiles.

[-] onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 7 months ago

Oh boy.

Only thing I will say is many trans woman also have the same sentiment about their original bits.

Nothing but love ✌️

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago

Fwiw, the impression I get is that there are a goodly number of cis folks here, with the intent of being supportive and learning more. I know that's why I'm here. It makes me happy when I see people that have a difficulty in their lives find a path to their own happiness.

I may not like every trans person I've ever met, but I love trans people.

[-] onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago

Totally agree and my comment was completely in jest ❤️

Honestly it's refreshing to see support. Especially on the Internet where there is so much hate for us...

So thanks for speaking up and letting us know you exist 🥰

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago

I like to keep aware of trans issues, discourse and general stuff so I can be more supportive of my boyfriend. Also if I see someone struggling with something he conquered, I'd love to be able to pass on anything that can help.

I love him dearly and I kinda see me trying to keep aware of trans stuff in my social media circles similar to him keeping aware of Jewish stuff in his social media circles.

Also, queer solidarity. ✊️

[-] onevia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago

That is so beautiful of you. Thank you for being such a great support for your boyfriend and the community as a whole :)

[-] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago

I wonder if that's people seeing the poll link show up in global and then voting without reading the post text.

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[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 7 months ago

For a second there this community was 100% binary trans men, haha

[-] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

A minor point but you only have 3 of the 5 nonbinary options. AFAB she/theys and AMAB he/theys aren't represented in the options.

[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Sorry, didn't mean to exclude. It won't let me edit the survey now unfortunately.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I'd pick "amab he/they" if it were there, very happy just to tick the "non-binary" button, don't feel excluded!

[-] Newtra@pawb.social 11 points 7 months ago

Btw, there's a deep annual survey at https://www.gendercensus.com . It's not specifically about this community, and excludes purely cis-binary people, but has interesting data & trends if you're into this sort of thing.

[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

To clarify, that census specifically targets folk that aren't on the binary. Cis binary and trans binary folk aren't part of the target audience

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

That's fantastic. When the new survey comes out please let us know.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

You can add yourself to their mailing list to be notified.

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[-] cowboycrustation@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Prediction: there will a higher percentage of genderfluid people because i misread some people's comments on the other one

[-] Caitlyynn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Give us a gender slider!

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[-] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago
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[-] Cloaca@mtgzone.com 4 points 7 months ago

What about adding the poll temporarily to the community resources section?

That way it is not just in everyone's feed, and it takes a little more efforty to participate. I'm active here, but I found this community through cross instance bleedover.

I'm Agender and Isogender, definatey one of the more unique identities and gender modalities.

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