Why do so many people in the US identify as transgender now?

I've talked to a lot of people lately who feel like there's been a sudden explosion of transgender people. I've seen people blame the media for it claiming that it influences people to be trans, I've even heard the term “trans-trender” thrown around to refer to the idea that young people think it's trendy to be gender variant. read more

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In the midst of that, we see the headline: Estimate of U.S. Transgender Population Doubles to 1.4 Million Adults leaving a lot of people scratching their head and asking why we suddenly seem to have so many more trans people. read more

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