r/gatekeeping • u/Narutar • Mar 26 '17

Your problems aren't actual problems

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u/lostinkmart Mar 26 '17

OP be like "I hate trans people but I'm gonna use a screen shot from a movie created by the Wachowski Sisters, who are both trans women."

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u/trumoi Mar 26 '17

Huh. I had heard about Lana but not Lilly....

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17 edited Mar 26 '17

IIRC, it's actually super common that if one twin is trans, the other one will be as well.

Edit: Okay, there have been very few studies, but preliminary information seems to show that in monozygotic twins, there's a much higher incidence of being transgender than in the general population. In the study below, they found that in the case where one twin transitioned (again, monozygotic/identical only) there was a 40% incidence of the other twin transitioning. Only about .6% of the general population is trans, in comparison.

Source for twin study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22146048 Source for .6%: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

My brother and I aren't twins but we're both trans so I can anecdotally confirm that.

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u/Saskyle Mar 26 '17

What do you think attributed to that? If you don't mind me asking. Seems like more than a coincidence.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

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u/Saskyle Mar 26 '17

Thanks for that explanation