Quote from: girl you look fierce on February 11, 2013, 08:06:35 PM
From the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, I think it included about 6000 people
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Hope that helps 
Not sure that does help, since "queer" can mean very different things from individual to individual. I assume for some (like me) it may mean that they both hate labels, and do not wish to be identified as a homophobe -- particularly when part of them wishes they had been born "just gay" and could be done with it. But it's probably much more complicated than that. My son identifies as queer, but the label tells one very little about his identity, or what that word means to him.
By the way, as long as Les Feinberg identifies in part as lesbian, I think that label is going to remain one of the options, even if its a small fraction. If I find the chart annoying, its that it fails to distinguish between transmen identify as gay male, and those who identify as lesbian... winds up being another confusing data point that I'm left to speculate about when it comes to what it means at all.
I know it can be problematic for some, especially if there are reasons in your life that identifying as lesbian leads to people trying to diminish your "legitimacy" as a transman. OTOH, not every man who chooses to continue identifying or appearing male, yet claims to be lesbian, is necessarily joking, despite the widespread assumptions among many that he is. So, why not allow fellow transmen to identify as lesbian if that's their choice and they have reasons, which can't be identified on a simple pie chart, for having a genuine attachment, either to the label itself or to the lesbian community in general, or to some specific local lesbian circle of friends and lovers?
Could you provide a link to the study itself? Maybe it manages to provide some answers to these questions, especially why some possibly conflicting categories got merged?
