Susan's Place Transgender Resources

I have noticed that certain states/regions seem to be better represented than others in terms of Susan's transgender population.  Some of them make sense, e.g., Michigan is well represented likely because of the prominence of U of M in studying Transgender.  Other states that seem well represented don't seem intuitively obvious as to why they are well represented, e.g., Oklahoma, where I was born.  Since the current reigning theory of the cause(s) of Transgender are a prenatal occurrence of some kind, the current physical dwelling of a TG person isn't significant, rather the place where they were born.

Hence I make this poll out of a curiosity if birth location is linked to TG.  I apologize to those who are here on Susan's for a situation that is not related to either a MTF or FTM issue, or for those who were born outside of the USA 50 states.  Even though it's not all inclusive, it may provide an interesting clue about birth location versus TG status.  And of course, the poll lacks the rigors of a proper scientific study.  Likely more Texans will answer because more people are born there than in Rhode Island, and it could be that people on the West Coast are more willing to answer polls compared to people on the East Coast.  All in all, it may hint at an interesting trend.

Born in the USSR :) :) :)

Obviously... I was born in the state of confusion  :D
Sorry, couldn't resist such a perfect straight line.

I actually was born in the same cesspool as the Mutant Teenage Ninja Turtles as revealed in The Secret of the Oooze.

MTF born in California, a state that fortunately allows for birth certificates to be changed. So, I have an updated certified copy of mine stating that I was born female.

Well, I came up in da lan dat time forgot , Richmond Virginia . Hey we still be fightin the Civil war here ! If ya don't believe me , stick around for a week end ! Meanwhile , I've lived in California , Arizona , New Jersey, Texas and yep Washington D C ! ellen

Quote from: Constance on November 28, 2013, 02:54:14 PMMTF born in California, a state that fortunately allows for birth certificates to be changed.

This. It's a lot easier than what it is in Michigan, Where I currently live. And then all my other documents have to change.

born and live in the great state of Oregon (Go Ducks!).  In January, we will be able to get our b/c changed without having SRS, just a letter.

Virginia here

Quote from: JoanneB on November 28, 2013, 02:36:35 PM
Obviously... I was born in the state of confusion  :D
Sorry, couldn't resist such a perfect straight line.

Thanks a lot Joanne! Snorted tea out of my nose on that one.  ;D

Oklahoma here. Go Pokes (OSU)!!!

   Iowa

Quote from: Joules on November 28, 2013, 02:06:00 PM
I have noticed that certain states/regions seem to be better represented than others in terms of Susan's transgender population.  Some of them make sense, e.g., Michigan is well represented likely because of the prominence of U of M in studying Transgender.  Other states that seem well represented don't seem intuitively obvious as to why they are well represented, e.g., Oklahoma, where I was born.  Since the current reigning theory of the cause(s) of Transgender are a prenatal occurrence of some kind, the current physical dwelling of a TG person isn't significant, rather the place where they were born.

Hence I make this poll out of a curiosity if birth location is linked to TG.  I apologize to those who are here on Susan's for a situation that is not related to either a MTF or FTM issue, or for those who were born outside of the USA 50 states.  Even though it's not all inclusive, it may provide an interesting clue about birth location versus TG status.  And of course, the poll lacks the rigors of a proper scientific study.  Likely more Texans will answer because more people are born there than in Rhode Island, and it could be that people on the West Coast are more willing to answer polls compared to people on the East Coast.  All in all, it may hint at an interesting trend.

I was born in the United States, but in no present-day state or territory!  What do I do?!

Quote from: Jamie D on November 28, 2013, 09:00:59 PM
I was born in the United States, but in no present-day state or territory!  What do I do?!

How'd you manage that?

I was born in Mass, but live in Missouri

Quote from: Jamie D on November 28, 2013, 09:00:59 PM
I was born in the United States, but in no present-day state or territory!  What do I do?!

Lol, only you could achieve this kind of greatness Jamie. :D  I suppose if it's important to you, you could choose the state in which you most gestated, which is the more salient consideration anyway...

LOL

District of Columbia!!

Quote from: Orange Creamsicle on November 28, 2013, 09:04:13 PM
How'd you manage that?

To tell the truth, I had no say in the matter.  ::)

:o Joules how could you forget the capital?

Quote from: Orange Creamsicle on November 28, 2013, 09:23:44 PM
:o Joules how could you forget the capital?

Ok, so there are a few I missed.  By rights I should also include some territories as well, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam.  Sigh, I had to draw the line somewhere, and I was getting weary of adding poll boxes...

All who desire can add their own location by doing a write-in here in the replies.  If there is a strong trend among such, I will amend the poll.

Picky, picky, picky.

Quote from: Jamie D on November 28, 2013, 09:19:21 PM
District of Columbia!!

Taxation without Representation!

For the record, I was born in Ontario, which means I don't count.

If y'all can get the hang of private gun ownership, civil unrest, urban crime, stop being so dang polite and stop speaking French, we can probably grant you a territory status.  Maybe, no promises.

I was born in Texas. :)

Hook 'em Horns! ;D

Quote from: Just Gwynne! on November 28, 2013, 10:10:19 PM
For the record, I was born in Ontario, which means I don't count.

That makes two of us. I was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. And I guess I don't count either.  :(

Quote from: Joules on November 28, 2013, 10:32:57 PM
If y'all can get the hang of private gun ownership, civil unrest, urban crime, stop being so dang polite and stop speaking French, we can probably grant you a territory status.  Maybe, no promises.

Don't give our national past time secrets away girl!  ;D

Quote from: Jessica Merriman on November 29, 2013, 05:03:59 AM
Don't give our national past time secrets away girl!  ;D

You know I'm just kidding!  If Canada became a territory, where could we go to buy medicines cheaply?

Quote from: Joules on November 29, 2013, 05:09:59 AM
You know I'm just kidding!  If Canada became a territory, where could we go to buy medicines cheaply?

LMAO Joules!!! Only you!  :icon_evil_laugh: :icon_woowoo:

What if you were born in inertia and had a relapse?

Quote from: V M on November 29, 2013, 05:34:54 AM
What if you were born in inertia and had a relapse?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieuBkWHfCuc

LOL... Just some of my odd physics humour  :laugh:

Quote from: V M on November 29, 2013, 05:54:10 AM
LOL... Just some of my odd physics humour  :laugh:

Who do that voodoo that you do so well?  ;) :-*

Born in South Australia

Quote from: Emily.T on November 29, 2013, 06:19:15 AM
Born in South Australia

Just could not resist :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5x3TJpP24 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5x3TJpP24)

Rural, in the mountains of North Alabama.

I'm FtN but I voted anyway. ;P

Quote from: ♡ Emily ♡ on November 29, 2013, 06:34:19 AM
Just could not resist :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5x3TJpP24 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5x3TJpP24)

Thanks Emily I haven't heard that song in years lol

Quote from: Joules on November 29, 2013, 05:09:59 AM
If Canada became a territory, where could we go to buy medicines cheaply?

Quote from: Joules on November 28, 2013, 10:32:57 PM
If y'all can get the hang of private gun ownership, civil unrest, urban crime, stop being so dang polite and stop speaking French, we can probably grant you a territory status.  Maybe, no promises.

HA!  The Canadians had their chance to join the United States.

In Article XI of the Articles of Confederation (the first constitution of the United States), stated:

Article XI. Canada [Province of Quebec] acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of the united States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.

These Articles were in effect until 1789.

Given that, at the time, many Canadians were Tories who had left the nascent United States following the British defeat, and many others had fought against the American rebels, I can't say they made the wrong decision to decline the offer.

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  California, LA basin along with my siblings.  Raised in Colorado after my mom's divorce, resided here since.  I still remember and visit SoCal. 

  Joelene

Little bump here, only 53 replies so far, WTF?  Susan's clearly has more TGs than that.  Cmon, what's the harm.  It's all completely anonymous if you wish, just don't leave a comment!

By the number of miffed comments, I realize that some took my non-inclusive approach personally.  Let me explain!  I'm thinking that root cause(s) of transgender occurrence may have a demographic explanation.  What piqued my curiosity is the prevalence of members from Oklahoma.  I see no reason why Oklahoma should be top heavy in TG presence, but I still remember the weird red earth of OK(high iron content)!  (No offense fellow Okies, I left there when I was 4 and have never seen earth like that since.)  I only needed a significant sampling of demographics but they need some consistent background features to reduce the variables being compared, and some limit on geographical sizing to give significant banding of the results.

So far, the results are too limited to find much significance in the numbers.  California is leading but that's not surprising by the size of the California population and Cali's progressive attitude regarding transgender.  Virginia and Wisconsin are surprises with leads that have no readily explainable features, but the overall sampling is too small for much statistical significance to the results so far.

Born in New Mexico (only one?) live in texas. Suprised there's not more New Mexicans.

Quote from: Xhianil on December 03, 2013, 02:25:24 PM
Born in New Mexico (only one?) live in texas. Suprised there's not more New Mexicans.

Los Alamos, New Mexico here! 

Quote from: Xhianil on December 03, 2013, 02:25:24 PM
Born in New Mexico (only one?) live in texas. Suprised there's not more New Mexicans.

So far, yep.  That makes you a leader!  Is there a reason you might expect more of your fellow New Mexicans here?

Quote from: Jill F on December 03, 2013, 02:28:19 PM
Los Alamos, New Mexico here!

Nice Jill!  Now all we need are some folks from Oak Ridge and Hanford, we got a theory!  FWIW, My Dad was on the first US ship (medical) into the harbor at Nagasaki, 7 years before I was conceived.

Quote from: Joules on December 03, 2013, 02:28:56 PM
So far, yep.  That makes you a leader!  Is there a reason you might expect more of your fellow New Mexicans here?

Albaqeruqe (i know, i am bad at spelling) and Santa Fe are pretty accepting areas from what I've seen (lived in albaqeruqe 2 1/2 years).

I was born in the state of wet, crying and very, very young... (k, this is a bump  :icon_suspicious:)

Born in Knoxville, TN

They will not change gender marker on Birth Certificate and name change will have old name crossed out with new name  :(

I was almost born in Germany my father was stationed there when I was born. My mother wanted to wait till I was born before moving there for several years. I never grew up in TN and didn't live there until I was 18 till 28 when when to college there and later worked at a software company there. I grew up in Germany, NC, NJ and NY. I currently live in NJ so getting driver's license marker is relatively pain free compared to TN. Name change is easy to get, but the state recommends using a lawyer.

Quote from: Sydney_NYC on December 04, 2013, 11:41:05 PM
Born in Knoxville, TN

They will not change gender marker on Birth Certificate and name change will have old name crossed out with new name  :(

I was almost born in Germany my father was stationed there when I was born. My mother wanted to wait till I was born before moving there for several years. I never grew up in TN and didn't live there until I was 18 till 28 when when to college there and later worked at a software company there. I grew up in Germany, NC, NJ and NY. I currently live in NJ so getting driver's license marker is relatively pain free compared to TN. Name change is easy to get, but the state recommends using a lawyer.

Hi Sydney,

We have the same birthday, July 21!  (Mine was a few years before yours but still...)

I've checked into Okla regs on birth cert. change, they require proof of SRS, so that may be a while for me yet.  Oregon (where I currently live) is just now relaxing some of their requirements on various changes, maybe there's hope that Tenn and Okla won't be far behind.  I got my very first DL in NJ, I couldn't do it until I turned 17.  That year from 16 to 17 seemed so very long.  Looking back, I'd gladly wait it out again if I could go back with all I know now!

Welcome to Susan's, thanks for participating in the poll.  See you around the site, feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Well I was born in a province - I think I'm going to start my own poll so I don't feel left out!

Quote from: Violet Bloom on December 05, 2013, 12:15:16 AM
Well I was born in a province - I think I'm going to start my own poll so I don't feel left out!

Lucy, I've tried to hesplain this:

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,154945.msg1299225.html#msg1299225

My idea is only to get a trend (or not) based on a sample that has some constraints, in order to limit the possible influence of other factors.  IF there seems to be a trend, I'll make another all-inclusive poll for the entire planet.  Not sure what to do for geographic limits, or if the poll feature here will allow that many entries.  Of course, there will always be those from other planets, saying "What about us?".  Sigh...

Quote from: Joules on December 03, 2013, 02:28:56 PM
So far, yep.  That makes you a leader!  Is there a reason you might expect more of your fellow New Mexicans here?

I live in Albuquerque, but I only moved here 10 years ago. I wasn't born here.
I LOVE New Mexico, and I think ABQ is pretty good place to transition.

Oops, I attributed this wrong. Oh well...
 
--Jay

Quote from: Joules on December 05, 2013, 12:57:33 PM
Lucy, I've tried to hesplain this:

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,154945.msg1299225.html#msg1299225

My idea is only to get a trend (or not) based on a sample that has some constraints, in order to limit the possible influence of other factors.  IF there seems to be a trend, I'll make another all-inclusive poll for the entire planet.  Not sure what to do for geographic limits, or if the poll feature here will allow that many entries.  Of course, there will always be those from other planets, saying "What about us?".  Sigh...

  I was both joking and serious at the same time.  I'll start a Canadian poll to look for trends north of the border.

Quote from: Joules on December 04, 2013, 11:58:29 PM
  That year from 16 to 17 seemed so very long.  Looking back, I'd gladly wait it out again if I could go back with all I know now!

I was 15 when I moved from Charlotte, NC to Bergen County, NJ and was upset that I had to wait an additional year since NJ the minimum driving age is 17 instead of 16 in most states. 2 months before I turned 16 we moved to Orange County, NY (about 48 miles NW of Manhattan) where the minimum driving age was 16 (except for the Boroughs of NYC it's 18). I was happy about that. Ironically I could drive in NJ at 16 with a NY State license (the had some sort of agreement between the states), but I could not drive in NYC. So my first driver's license was in NY, 2nd in TN, and 3rd in NJ.

Quote from: Ms. OBrien CVT on November 28, 2013, 06:52:23 PM
born and live in the great state of Oregon (Go Ducks!).  In January, we will be able to get our b/c changed without having SRS, just a letter.

Boo! Go Beavs! Despite spending most of my time in Oregon, I was actually born in Dayton Ohio.

Quote from: Jill F on December 03, 2013, 02:28:19 PM
Los Alamos, New Mexico here!

Radiation causes it. I knew it! Just kidding Jill.  ;D

Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA.  ;D

So what's the word - Did we conclude anything yet?

Quote from: Violet Bloom on December 07, 2013, 07:03:34 PM
So what's the word - Did we conclude anything yet?

Sigh, my statistics professor would die laughing if I tried to draw any conclusions based on the numbers so far.  I'm afraid that it might be years before there are enough responses to be of much use.  I noticed that your Canadian poll has a very strong trend, or did last I looked.  I don't know enough of Canadian geography, territory sizes or population distribution to say for sure though.

  I actually found it a bit reassuring that the US distribution was so even, despite the sample size.  It's the Canadian results that have me perplexed.  The massively disproportionate Ontario population base may be responsible for what we're seeing.  I would have expected to see more in BC and Quebec though.  One of the most active members in the past from Quebec seems to have vanished.

Yet another bump...

perhaps it's time to start a haplogroup poll?  ::)

Quote from: Just Gwynne! on December 08, 2013, 06:20:04 PM
perhaps it's time to start a haplogroup poll?  ::)

That's a curious suggestion, I googled haplogroup and still don't get it.   :icon_redface:

By the rolling eyes smiley icon, methinks ye might be funnin' with me Gwynne!

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Quote from: Joules on December 08, 2013, 06:22:44 PM
That's a curious suggestion, I googled haplogroup and still don't get it.   :icon_redface:

mtDNA population subgroups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup

The rolley eyes are because, in practice, very few people would know their haplotype.

Sorry for being obscure :(

Quote from: Just Gwynne! on December 08, 2013, 06:25:28 PM
mtDNA population subgroups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup

The rolley eyes are because, in practice, very few people would know their haplotype.

Sorry for being obscure :(

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Don't apologize, you do it so well!

The results of that might be very illuminating, but the scope is waaaay beyond what we can do here...

Quote from: Joules on December 08, 2013, 06:27:28 PM
Don't apologize, you do it so well!

V tomto prípade, ďakujeme!

Quote from: Just Gwynne! on December 08, 2013, 06:30:58 PM
V tomto prípade, ďakujeme!

Nie je zač. Aké deti učíte vlastne je?  (He He)

Quote from: JoanneB on November 28, 2013, 02:36:35 PM
Obviously... I was born in the state of confusion  :D

Another great song by the Kinks.  For obvious reasons this one in particular struck home.   Ontario by the way  :)

http://youtu.be/3l44VVr4azI

Quote from: Paige on December 08, 2013, 06:36:29 PM
Another great song by the Kinks.  For obvious reasons this one particular struck home.   Ontario by the way  :)

Love the Kinks!

Be sure to check out the Canadian poll eh?

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,155399.0.html

Quote from: Joules on December 08, 2013, 06:40:36 PM
Love the Kinks!

Be sure to check out the Canadian poll eh?

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,155399.0.html

Thanks Joules, will do.  :)

Quote from: Joules on December 19, 2013, 11:34:00 AM
Only 80 votes so far?  Awww, c'mon!

A few thousand more and we'll have statistical significance  ::)

  No more than four results per state is still blowing my mind.  The distribution is so even.  My Canada poll got only 27 votes of which I believe a legit 11 were from Ontario.  Must be something in the water.

New York

Born in Michigan

The State of Nature

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UK, I was told my state was naked.

Born in NJ raised in Al live in Va so listen to Floyd Cramer untangle that

I grew up listening to Floyd Cramer!  My dad loved honky tonk piano, used to play it constantly.

North Carolina...Southern born and Southern bred, when I die I'll be Southern dead.  :D

Ahh, California finally hit five.  I predicted that.

Well, the results seem pretty spread out, with California taking the lead.

I'm a Cali gal. :)

Fargo North Dakota.  I was supposed to have been born in Minnesota but there were complications and Fargo was the nearest town with a good hospital.  (Can you imagine being so far in the middle of nowhere that Fargo North Dakota is considered a "big town"?  Ever see the movie "Fargo"?)  Ya, you betchya, Fargo is a big town don't ya know.

NO offence to anyone in ND.  I lived in Grand Forks for five years and am heading there tomorrow for the new year's holiday.  Go Sioux! 

Hugs,

Jen

Bump

Manitoba, Canada... I voted in the Canadian post too

Not born in the US... I was born in Rome, Italy

Alabama.

I was born in Houston, Texas at St. Joseph's Hospital. I am not your typical Texan, though. I don't have state pride. Texas is terribly dull to me. I've moved away twice. Once, to Washington in 2007; then I was in Oregon from May of last year to May of this year. I left WA for financial reasons, and I left Oregon because my house mate and I didn't get along in the end, and I didn't have any other options available to me. At this point I just accept that wherever I am is where I need to be until the opportunity arrives to leave again. I wouldn't mind leaving the country at some point, and move to Scandinavia. Just recently the US government increased the expatriation fee from $450 to $2350. Can you believe that crap? Land of the Fee, Home of the Slave.

ftm born in west virginia....

Born in Maryland!

Looking at the results, I'm really curious about what's in the water over in Wisconsin  ;)

Hartford, Kentucky. The middle of nowhere. But, I was a military kid and I lived all over. I consider Fairbanks, Alaska my hometown.

I kind of love that the highest percentage of responses for one place came from us curious foreigners totally skewing the results :P

Mtf hi boys and girls born in Australia  xx


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Technically I was born in Utah, but was out of there two weeks into life and in Texas.

Northeastern Mexico.[emoji4]

Born in Texas - MtF.

Bump

Born in Alaska, Elmendorf AFB to be exact.

Virginia, but I left as soon as I could and will never go back except to visit family.

I am a California girl. Born and raised near San Francisco. Also lived in Augusta, Georgia for a few years, and in the arrowhead mountains of Southern California for another couple years

Well, we continue to receive a trickle of responses.  I thank you all for your inputs.

There is still insufficient data to say that a clear trend or trends can be shown (or disproved).  It's not surprising that Cali is in the lead, due to it's size in terms of both land mass and population, as well as the progressive nature of its' culture.  By that same coin, it is surprising that Texas is so far down the list, having considerable size as well.  Similarly for Alaska, although its not as far behind in the polls nor has it the population.  And of course Rhode Island is very well represented for it's small size (but HUGE stature ;) ).

Some of the front runners are surprising to me.  Michigan, in second place is also not too surprising due to its progressive nature (in some places anyway ;)).  The tie for third place, Virginia and Wisconsin, are both surprises to me, especially Wisconsin.  Much like my home state of OK, it's my impression that Wisconsin has been slow to embrace the TG concept.

Some of the the states bringing up the rear are curious as well.  Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming have no votes.  That is a significant amount of land and people, and Colorado strikes me as progressive towards TG acceptance.  Furthermore, by including Utah and Nevada with low counts (2 and 1 respectively), there is a contiguous land mass with a dearth of reported TG births.

Just some thoughts here.  I'd love to hear others musings over these results.  Please keep in mind, this is very much unscientific and should be considered appropriately.  Please keep comments friendly and constructive, you never know whose state you might be bashing!

Weymouth, MA and I'm surprised I'm not already in this thread.....<looks at timestamp>......oh, I think that's when I was trying to put the BANNED back together!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on May 27, 2015, 05:03:55 PM
Weymouth, MA and I'm surprised I'm not already in this thread.....<looks at timestamp>......oh, I think that's when I was trying to put the BANNED back together!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

They don't trust me with a rep button yet but I owe you one Dev ;)

Spokane, Washington

I'm a Michigan girl, but I've lived in the "Mississippi of the North" aka Indiana for most of my life.

Quote"I live in Albuquerque, but I only moved here 10 years ago. I wasn't born here.
I LOVE New Mexico, and I think ABQ is pretty good place to transition."

Can Heisenberg help us out in the HRT Dept.?   :)

Quote from: Mariah2014 on May 27, 2015, 06:09:15 PM
Spokane, Washington

I've had cousins and such in the Spokane, Aberdeen, Seattle and Olympia areas, other than a couple who are dead and one who moved to Calif. I don't really know much about most of them though

Small world. I have many cousins scattered across the state too. I believe at least one or two also left the state to go down to California. I didn't know the ones that left the state at all.
Mariah

Quote from: V M on May 27, 2015, 07:32:24 PM
I've had cousins and such in the Spokane, Aberdeen, Seattle and Olympia areas, other than a couple who are dead and one who moved to Calif. I don't really know much about most of them though

In spite of being born in Okla City, I consider Seattle to be where I grew up.  I still love the city, but it's become a victim of it's own success.  Too many people!  I'm in Portland, OR, these days, very similar to Seattle but without the crowds.  Plus, the judge won't let me leave the state for now.  ;)

Quote from: Mariah2014 on May 27, 2015, 07:36:00 PMSmall world. I have many cousins scattered across the state too. I believe at least one or two also left the state to go down to California.

Same here, though the two in California have grandkids coming on so I think we're up to eight or nine now.  Also a couple cousins in BC and family connections mean usually somebody's in Alaska at any given time.

I was born in Arkansas, but it's been a long time since I lived there.

Hi folks!

I realize that we have a statistically small number of responses, and that they are skewed by factors like internet access and social-economic status (ability to afford internet access), but I thought I'd add an unscientific comparison of state responses vs. state population.  Someone with a statistics background could do a much better job and include a calculation of how statistically significant a state's variation is. 

In the list, I am calculating the percent higher or (lower) that the response count is in comparison to the proportion of the population.  So, Wisconsin has 152% more responses than the population would have indicated. My home state of Michigan looks far less interesting at 69% higher, than just seeing 7 is second only to California's 14. Texas jumps out to me as being probably the most interesting in its lack of responses!

Kim  :)

P.S. I apologize for the columns not being straight.  I think they would be in Courier font. This is the most readable display option I found.

State                       Responses   Population                 Proportion       Responses/Proportion
Alaska                              2                710,231               .30               573%
Montana                             2                989,415               .41               383%
New Mexico                          4              2,059,179               .86               364%
Rhode Island                        2              1,052,567               .44               354%
Vermont                             1                625,741               .26               282%
North Dakota                        1                672,591               .28               255%
South Dakota                        1                814,180               .34               193%
Delaware                            1                897,934               .38               166%
West Virginia                       2              1,852,994               .78               158%
Wisconsin                           6              5,686,986              2.38               152%
Oregon                              4              3,831,074              1.60               149%
Kentucky                            4              4,339,367              1.82               120%
Virginia                            6              8,001,024              3.35                79%
Utah                                2              2,763,885              1.16                73%
Michigan                            7              9,883,640              4.14                69%
Missouri                            4              5,988,927              2.51                60%
Iowa                                2              3,046,355              1.28                57%
Alabama                             3              4,779,736              2.00                50%
Massachusetts                       4              6,547,629              2.74                46%
Minnesota                           3              5,303,925              2.22                35%
Nebraska                            1              1,826,341               .76                31%
Oklahoma                            2              3,751,351              1.57                27%
North Carolina                      5              9,535,483              3.99                25%
Maryland                            3              5,773,552              2.42                24%
Indiana                             3              6,483,802              2.71                11%
New Jersey                          4              8,791,894              3.68                 9%
Washington                          3              6,724,540              2.82                 7%
California                         14             37,253,956             15.60               (10)%
Nevada                              1              2,700,551              1.13               (12)%
Kansas                              1              2,853,118              1.19               (16)%
Ohio                                4             11,536,504              4.83               (17)%
Arkansas                            1              2,915,918              1.22               (18)%
Arizona                             2              6,392,017              2.68               (25)%
New York                            6             19,378,102              8.11               (26)%
Connecticut                         1              3,574,097              1.50               (33)%
Pennsylvania                        3             12,702,379              5.32               (44)%
Illinois                            3             12,830,632              5.37               (44)%
Louisiana                           1              4,533,372              1.90               (47)%
South Carolina                      1              4,625,364              1.94               (48)%
Florida                             4             18,801,310              7.87               (49)%
Tennessee                           1              6,346,105              2.66               (62)%
Texas                               3             25,145,561             10.53               (72)%
Georgia                             1              9,687,653              4.06               (75)%
Wyoming                             0                563,626               .24              (100)%
New Hampshire                       0              1,316,470               .55              (100)%
Maine                               0              1,328,361               .56              (100)%
Hawaii                              0              1,360,301               .57              (100)%
Idaho                               0              1,567,582               .66              (100)%
Mississippi                         0              2,967,297              1.24              (100)%
Colorado                            0              5,029,196              2.11              (100)%
            
Totals                            129            308,143,815            129.00   

I was born in a state of dysphoria [emoji12]

born in Washington DC
now I live in Washington state

I seem to have a Washington theme....

Hi Kim, significance depends upon both the question and how it's asked.  The basic null hypothesis here would be the probability of an individual being transgender is invariant of which state they're born in.  A statistical significance test then asks whether the data is likely to contradict this hypothesis.  I did a quick chi-square on the data so far and got a p value of 1.00, indicating the null hypothesis cannot be rejected even without control for convenience sampling and selection bias.  To indulge in a little more detail, p values range from 0 to 1 with the classic 95% confidence level being 0.05---to reject the null hypothesis at 95% confidence we'd be looking for p < 0.05.

If you're curious to explore further there's a lot of information online about significance testing.  Videos, blogs, wikis, and so on.  Excel has some built in functions (CHISQ.TEST was used for the above) and R is free to download (big learning curve, though).

Quote from: KimSails on May 30, 2015, 10:44:12 PMI apologize for the columns not being straight.  I think they would be in Courier font. This is the most readable display option I found.

They would but no worries, they're easy enough to follow and a good bit more readable than the image was.  Plugging in the BBCode to lay it out as a table would take forever unless you wrote a script, which would take a while too.  For folks who want a more manipulatable version it's quick enough to paste the table into Excel, do fixed width column conversion, and remove the spaces.

Looks like so far I'm the only one born in TN. Which means I can't ever change my birth certificate since the state is so transphobic. Funny thing is I didn't grow up there. I've lived everywhere from NC, NJ, NY and Germany (then West Germany.) I only live there from 1988 to 1998 for college (University of TN - Knoxville) and my first job out of college at The Learning Company - Foreign Language Division (My old name is on some of the old Software Titles from Berlitz and Learn To Speak Series and the Pronunciation Tutors.)

I was just there last week and visited some friends that still work at the University. I found out a how trans positive the University is when a Professor transitioned a few years ago and the University was supportive the whole way. Just with the State Assembly in Nashville felt the same way.

Quote from: CaitlinE on May 31, 2015, 11:30:04 AM
I did a quick chi-square on the data so far and got a p value of 1.00, indicating the null hypothesis cannot be rejected even without control for convenience sampling and selection bias.

Thanks Caitlin!

My understanding of what you wrote is that there is at least a 5% chance that the variations we see are just random differences. And the 5% might be much higher.  Is that a roughly correct interpretation?

Its still fun to ponder!

Thanks!
Kim

@ Kim & Caitlyn,

There is a similar poll for Canada:


https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,155399.0.html


The logistics and demographics for Canada are different, but there is a very clear signal in the numbers there.

MTF born in Tennessee.

Melitta Stafford

 MtF Ohio represent! Now this state just needs to get their head out of their rear :/

Quote from: KimSails on May 31, 2015, 12:44:38 PMMy understanding of what you wrote is that there is at least a 5% chance that the variations we see are just random differences. And the 5% might be much higher.  Is that a roughly correct interpretation?

Yep!  The p value is the probability the observed data is consistent with the null hypothesis.  In the formalism of mathematical logic that's a statement of different semantics.  But with a high p value like we have here it's functionally equivalent.

Quote from: Joules on May 31, 2015, 02:44:21 PMThere is a similar poll for Canada.

Cool!  I'll have to look at the numbers more closely sometime.

Lone representative of CO I guess!

Michigan here. although i'm a MSU fan and student

Quote from: Sydney_NYC on May 31, 2015, 12:39:50 PM
Looks like so far I'm the only one born in TN. Which means I can't ever change my birth certificate since the state is so transphobic. Funny thing is I didn't grow up there. I've lived everywhere from NC, NJ, NY and Germany (then West Germany.) I only live there from 1988 to 1998 for college (University of TN - Knoxville) and my first job out of college at The Learning Company - Foreign Language Division (My old name is on some of the old Software Titles from Berlitz and Learn To Speak Series and the Pronunciation Tutors.)

I was just there last week and visited some friends that still work at the University. I found out a how trans positive the University is when a Professor transitioned a few years ago and the University was supportive the whole way. Just with the State Assembly in Nashville felt the same way.

I am from, and live in, TN. I find it to be a very positive place to live. However, that could simply be from the people that I live around and associate with. I have experienced nothing but positive remarks and comments, but some of my brothers and sisters have not been so lucky.

Im happy that your visit to University was a positive one. My school is also really progressive and it has been a nice place in which to transition.

Melitta

Quote from: Melitta on June 06, 2015, 10:07:47 AM
I am from, and live in, TN. I find it to be a very positive place to live. However, that could simply be from the people that I live around and associate with. I have experienced nothing but positive remarks and comments, but some of my brothers and sisters have not been so lucky.

Im happy that your visit to University was a positive one. My school is also really progressive and it has been a nice place in which to transition.

Melitta

For the most part, friends and family in the area have been very friendly and supportive. My biggest gripe with TN is the state government is NOT. The city of Knoxville had an LGBT anti-discrimination law in the city limits, but the state took it away by passing a bill that prevent and city or county from passing an anti-discrimination law that goes beyond the state's laws. Of course the state on has gender and race that does not include LGBT. So basically is made Knoxville's anti-discrimination law void.

I'm MtF

Born in New Jersey

I've lived in far too many places, and I don't plan on settling down where I am now (PA).

I'm mtf, born in Kansas.

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transboy born in north carolina
honestly, maybe its because i live in a more "liberal area" (near charlotte) but its really 50/50 here on the good vs transphobic reactions/situations ive been in
most of everyone who has something bad to say do it behind my back tho 

Alabama for me only lived there for six months or so before moving. Right now I'm in New Mexico and can see myself staying here forever.

Mtf born in Kentucky

  Bumping this just to see if at long last we can get representation from the few states without a vote so far:

Idaho, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Wyoming.

  It's fantastic we've got someone here from almost every US state.  Wouldn't it be great if there was one from all of them?  If you know someone who's not on Susan's yet who can fill in the 'blanks', tell them to join and help complete the map!

Massachusetts

Wow, my state is 2nd behind Cali.  Okay then :)