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Q. How many transsexual people are there in the world?

A. It depends on your definition of Transgendered.
Only falling under the general term of transsexual. The DSM1 IV estimates 1 in 30 thousand males are transgendered and 1 in 100 thousand females have identified themselves as having very strong trans feelings. {Definition of Transgender being born one physical sex, but their actual sex is different. Does not account for crossdressers2, gender benders3, people who are blends4, intersexed5, duo-genders6 or others also called gender queer7.}
Lynn Conway, a well known activist for transsexuals, estimates that 1 in 1,000 males has had GRS8 or SRS9. {in the US} If this is correct then there would be about 500,000 transgendered males in the US who have had SRS/GRS.


Using Transgendered as Generic No one knows the actual number: it's not printed on people's foreheads.
Using the broad term transgendered as anyone not conforming to generic society's binary set of genders and gender roles, many people are 'closeted' and so can't be counted, many don't even realize that they actually are transgendered and not crazy, but this would include genderbenders, dual-genders, crossdressers/transvestites, intersexed, blends and gender queer persons:
If 1 in 1,000 is a transsexual who has had surgery, at least another 1 in 1,000 hasn't had the surgery but is in some way or another transgendered.
Using the above calculation, 1,000,000 (1 million) men in the U.S. are transgendered, making it 1 in 500. If this applies worldwide (broad assumption) then 14,000,000 (14 million) men worldwide are transgendered - not including women. Using the DSM IV's estimate of 3 : 1 (transsexuals) then 14,000,000 men and 4,666,000 women for a total guesstimate of at least 18,666,000 transgendered persons worldwide. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_in_this_world_are_transgender#ixzz1Q5anRH4K



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