Percentage of interactions with trans-related Facebook content by right-leaning sources that push anti-trans narratives, such as exaggerating the rate of de-transition:
65.7%1
Number of Twitter “likes†on J.K. Rowling’s June 2020 anti-trans manifesto that mentioned alleged increasing numbers of de-transitions:
60,5002
Percentage of respondents to a 2015 survey of trans people in the U.S. who had de-transitioned:
8%3
Percentage who, after de-transitioning, now identify as trans again and report they were living in a gender “different than the gender they were thought to be at birthâ€:
62%
Percentage of nearly 3,400 trans patients receiving support at one U.K. gender identity clinic who “expressed transition-related regret or de-transitionedâ€:
0.47%4
Suicide rate per 100,000 residents in Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico, the states with the highest rates:
24.185
Average population density (people per square mile) of these states:
15.56
Suicide rate per 100,000 in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, the states with the lowest rates:
9.475
Average population density of these states:
817.676
Increased likelihood of mortality corresponding with social isolation, according to a 2015 study:
29%7
In 2018, percentage of people surveyed who said they had seriously considered suicide in the previous 30 days:
4.3%
In the same survey, percentage of young adults who said they had seriously considered suicide:
10.7%
In August 2020, five months after lockdowns began, percentage of people who said they had seriously considered suicide:
11%
Percentage of young adults who said they had seriously considered suicide:
25.5%8
Percentage of U.S. adults who had heard of the repeatedly debunked QAnon conspiracy theory:
47%9
Of U.S. adults who’ve heard of QAnon, percentage who believe it is “very accurate†or “somewhat accurateâ€:
24%
Of Republicans who’ve heard of it, percentage who believe QAnon is “very accurate†or “somewhat accurateâ€:
38%10
Candidates who ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2020 election who have associated with QAnon:
2911
Total number of votes received by these candidates:
3,401,944
Number of these candidates who won:
212
Number of QAnon followers who have been charged with murder in crimes directly related to their belief in the theory:
213
Sources: 1. . 2. . 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. and
Miles Schneidermanis a freelance writer, podcaster, fact-checker, and media producer. His work can be found on www.mjschneiderman.com
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