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Trans people are more likely to come from poorer backgrounds, study finds (www.thepinknews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by indigojasper@kbin.social to c/lgbtq_plus

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New research has revealed trans people are more likely to come from poorer backgrounds and have worse mental health.

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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

"There are more trans people in poorer areas" is not the same statement as "poor people are more likely to be trans."

That's not what the title says? "trans people more likely to come from poorer backgrounds" is the same statement as "There are more trans people in poorer areas" and it doesn't imply causation at all.

[–] millie 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That's what it's sneakily implying, though. The point is exactly to get people who glance at the headline to correlate poverty and transness and then go click on the article to examine this injustice. Then you're meant to come in in the comments and say 'hey, it didn't say that' as a gotcha that's literally built into the article.

This isn't news, it's guerilla theater.

Reduced to its lowest common denominator the actual headline should be 'poor people outnumber rich people', but that wouldn't get any clicks.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, the title is implying a corrolation because that's exactly what the study found. ‘poor people outnumber rich people’ wouldn't be a good title because the article is specifically about trans people and omitting that doesn't achieve anything, and is also wrong since the study is already adjusted for population. It doesn't say there are more trans people in poorer areas, it says there are more trans people per 100 000 people in poorer areas.

Why do you people always assume you know more than academic resarchers

[–] millie 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't you people me.

I assume that many headlines are clickbait bullshit, because they are more often than not. You can point out that I'm wrong without being an ass about it.

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Don't you people me.

I'm sorry, struck a nerve. I'm just frustrated at the general vibe of cynicism here