Do transgender people deserve rights/should they be recognized as the gender they identify as?

Well it’s interesting that you’ll cherry pick the stats that align with you, while ignore the data that contradicts it. People who suffer mental illness, in general, suffer more violence. They are also more likely to be drug users, which also correlates with more violence. The issue you have is proving intent with your statistics. If a trans person gets beaten or for short changing their drug dealer, is that because they are trans or because they a short changing their drug dealer. There is no evidence that trans people are targets, for being trans, than another other subset. If there were, you’d expect all statistics to show meaningful differences, and they don’t

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