• Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1161·
    1 month ago

    My D&D group started off with one token girl. Then he transitioned. So I became the token girl.

  • sirblastalot@ttrpg.network
    541·
    1 month ago

    I used to only have one (seemingly) female friend, and then that friend transitioned, and I started to worry what it said about me that I only had male friends. Fortunately, a year or two later most of my other friends transitioned in the other direction and balance was restored.

  • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de
    321·
    1 month ago

    I am happy that trans people can be who they want to be, even if there is still a long way to go. But I am thrown by how statistics, that consistently give numbers of <1% to 3% for transsexual people in the general population, don’t match the number of transitioning stories I read online. I get why that is, safe space, confirmation bias and all, but it’s such a major disconnect between experience and actual numbers that it constantly trips me up. From what I read online, the percentage of trans people feels like it’s around 20-30%. Or, in this case, 50%.

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      29·
      1 month ago

      on top of what others have said, cis people don’t really tell the stories of their non-transition, do they

      no one will be like “my DnD group was all men. it’s still all men no one transitioned”, even if it’s probably the most common experience lol

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
      271·
      1 month ago

      We subconsciously find each other and vibe with each other, our friend groups are reflections of ourselves.

      Sometimes it doesn’t work out that way by random chance, but it’s definitely too common to be a coincidence.

    • hughperman@mander.xyz
      22·
      1 month ago

      There’s another phenomenon that interacts here - there is an observed higher prevalence of LGBTQ in autism (discussed here https://sparkforautism.org/discover_article/autism-lgbtq-identity/ and various research papers). Niche forums such as Lemmy, Fediverse, even Reddit all feel like they also have a higher autism spectrum prevalence than a general population. So I would guess there’s a double whammy on representation happening here - extra representation via safe space and shared interest on LGBTQ, extra representation ij autism spectrum, and an extra overlap between these two populations.

    • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 month ago

      My dad was one of the people who sincerely believed that “the queers are going to make everyone transition”, in part because trans people are able to be openly trans. But thankfully he died and is no longer able to spew his teansphobic hateful rhetoric.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 month ago

    All my friends got married and now half the table is spouses with a few spots reserved for a cameo from one of the kids

  • Hexarei@beehaw.org
    9·
    1 month ago

    My group started with two guys and three girls. Now I’m one of the girls and the guy is the only one

  • Siethron@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 month ago

    I was in an all guys group but then the DM and 3 of the guys had kids so it ended.

    I imagine there’s a lower percentage of trans players outside of these online spaces