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  Right, except... how many protagonists are gay? Less than 1% I reckon. It's always a side character whose only function is to come in every now and then for comic effect and is also stereotypical AF.
  Even gay main characters are rare. Also, J.K. Rowling's
  "actually this main character was always gay" doesn't count.
context: Shocking to absolutely nobody, Brighton & Hove has the highest percentage. >
  
  And having been there 10% still seems very high. It's gay af but it didn't seem like that queer. >
  
  It's about the same 3-3.5% reported for most human population studies. Except in Russia. There are no gay people in Russia. >
  
  ‘Everybody Lies’ has some interesting analysis of homosexuality by state. Surveys show lower percentages in gay-unfriendly states, even when looking at under-18s. Analyzing search data shows consistent percentages across all states.
  The big difference: in gay-unfriendly states more marriages end over partner sexuality than in gay-friendly states. So the anti-gay policies ruin ‘traditional’ families. That’s some proper irony. >
  
  I'm old and I've always believed that everybody lies about sex. >
  
  It's the American in me but something about tracking and counting my people puts me on edge which is pretty ironic since I was a census enumerator during the 2020 census.  (I did read the article so I'm aware this is in the U.K.) >
  
  Given that Texas just compiled a list of persons that have applied for a different sex on their official records it is a reasonable concern.
  Source >
  
  Y... you know census data is a thing, right? It's pretty regular to track demographics. You can do it without storing identifying information of the people you're censusing. >
  
  The requested list they're talking about wasn't census data, it was a literal list of names with addresses etc of those who applied for a marker change on their drivers licenses and other documents
  In Texas 
  What do you think the government in fucking Texas wanted to do with a literal list of trans peoples names and adresses? >
  
  What do you think they wanted to do with the list? >
  
  Are you aware of all the anti-trans legislation in Texas? They're extremely set on effectively removing every trans person from ever existing publicly in that state. Get out or get back in the closet type stuff. If they had their way, transness itself would be criminalized.
  What do you think a government like that would do with a list of trans people who have managed to change their official documents? These are people who aren't "legally" identifiable as trans anymore, meaning their anti-trans legislation wouldn't be able to target them properly. What do you think they'd want a list like that for? >
  
  Texas - the small government leaders...so small they can crawl into everyone's bed.    Yeah,  it is going to get worse in 2023...one guy has already proposed legislation that says life begins at fertilization.  :-( >
  
  yeah that's a whole other thing that is genuinely just harming people over there.
  They'll push themselves further and further into both your bedroom and between you and your doctor. >
  
  Interesting, Netflix always had me believe it's more like 20-30% (it's a joke, don't kill me). >
  
  The over-representation is definitely over done.