The Great Zaganza
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation
a lot of rhetoric about LGBTQ+ issues seem to be conducted without ever giving actual numbers of how many people we are actually talking about.
The other issue is the question whether there is a significant change happening in these numbers in recent years or decades.
And a secondary issue, which nevertheless seems to be at the forefront of this issue, is if any change in the numbers we see the result of actual changes, or just more accurate reporting.
In particular, we have almost no reliable global data on the number of people identifying as trans, despite the fact that this seems to be the no.1 issue for Republicans in the current election.
Objectively, this does not seem to be an issue of Sexual Orientation and Identity at all, but a issue of the propriety of displaying any deviation from the 2-gender norm in public.
The baseline sentiment for a significant number of Americans seem to be that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" should be the obvious thing to do for everyone not following the the basic Man-Women dichotomy, and they are less upset by the existence of other orientations and identities but rather the open display of them, and their elevation to public awareness in culture.
and on some level, this is very understandable: adding any variables to the way in which we have to think about our fellow humans who we encounter on a daily basis adds cognitive load, and anxiety over potential mistakes and the resulting embarrassment.
On the other hand, this really shouldn't be a big deal if you just treat other humans humanely.
But it is this anxiety that the Right Wing Media sphere, and the current Republican Party are boosting beyond any level that is proportionate to the issue.
And their voters are grateful for it, as this seems to one of those rare problems that might actually go away for a while if you just scream at it loudly enough.
a lot of rhetoric about LGBTQ+ issues seem to be conducted without ever giving actual numbers of how many people we are actually talking about.
The other issue is the question whether there is a significant change happening in these numbers in recent years or decades.
And a secondary issue, which nevertheless seems to be at the forefront of this issue, is if any change in the numbers we see the result of actual changes, or just more accurate reporting.
In particular, we have almost no reliable global data on the number of people identifying as trans, despite the fact that this seems to be the no.1 issue for Republicans in the current election.
Objectively, this does not seem to be an issue of Sexual Orientation and Identity at all, but a issue of the propriety of displaying any deviation from the 2-gender norm in public.
The baseline sentiment for a significant number of Americans seem to be that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" should be the obvious thing to do for everyone not following the the basic Man-Women dichotomy, and they are less upset by the existence of other orientations and identities but rather the open display of them, and their elevation to public awareness in culture.
and on some level, this is very understandable: adding any variables to the way in which we have to think about our fellow humans who we encounter on a daily basis adds cognitive load, and anxiety over potential mistakes and the resulting embarrassment.
On the other hand, this really shouldn't be a big deal if you just treat other humans humanely.
But it is this anxiety that the Right Wing Media sphere, and the current Republican Party are boosting beyond any level that is proportionate to the issue.
And their voters are grateful for it, as this seems to one of those rare problems that might actually go away for a while if you just scream at it loudly enough.
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