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You have a gender pronoun. You likely expect people to refer to you as "he" or "she." You likely extend that preference elsewhere, to honorifics like "Mr." or titles like "Chairwoman."
I've met more trans people than I've met Ukrainians. That doesn't stop me from supporting Ukraine.
Only about 20% of people in IT/programming are women. This alone means you should hear about 4 trans women for every trans man in this field.
To show how that works out, with ~0.5% of the adult population trans that means about 80% * 0.5% = 0.4% of the population is a transwoman, so if you see a woman in IT there's a 2% chance she's a transwoman.
On the other hand, 20% * 0.5% = 0.1% of the population is a transman, so if you see a man in IT there's a 0.125% chance it's a transman.
As an extreme case, if no assigned-female-at-birth people go into IT, then 100% of all women in IT will be trans.
I've met more trans people than I've met Ukrainians. That doesn't stop me from supporting Ukraine.
Only about 20% of people in IT/programming are women. This alone means you should hear about 4 trans women for every trans man in this field.
To show how that works out, with ~0.5% of the adult population trans that means about 80% * 0.5% = 0.4% of the population is a transwoman, so if you see a woman in IT there's a 2% chance she's a transwoman.
On the other hand, 20% * 0.5% = 0.1% of the population is a transman, so if you see a man in IT there's a 0.125% chance it's a transman.
As an extreme case, if no assigned-female-at-birth people go into IT, then 100% of all women in IT will be trans.
Admitting that I'm straight, old, and have never paid close attention to the (ever-changing) ideology/politics of GLBTQ... - I suspect this is very similar to the prevalence of gays in IT, back in the second half of the 1900's. If you are uncomfortable, or unable, wrt/"fitting in" socially in groups of young, straight males (often noted for their excess of machismo, and pressure to conform) then "retreating behind a keyboard" can look like a great option. IT & programming seem (and fairly often are) meritocratic - in the "management don't much care who you are, if you can make the computers work right" sense. And at least since the late '60's, there's been something of an "oddball personalities" reputation to IT/programming. That's made it easier to mostly fit in there...while still being more yourself, maybe staying in the closet, and maybe sitting on the fence as you try to figure out who you are.
EDIT: Agree with tene80i's comment about "trans agenda". Every (n < 5) trans person I actually know has a big, angry chip on their shoulder - about people assuming that they are somehow associated with whatever the currently-trending assertions of the most-vocal 0.01% might be.
(And, yes, I get that "trans agenda" often refers to an ugly "Elders of Zion" caricature, constructed by nasty right-wingers.)
EDIT: Agree with tene80i's comment about "trans agenda". Every (n < 5) trans person I actually know has a big, angry chip on their shoulder - about people assuming that they are somehow associated with whatever the currently-trending assertions of the most-vocal 0.01% might be.
(And, yes, I get that "trans agenda" often refers to an ugly "Elders of Zion" caricature, constructed by nasty right-wingers.)
Also, I am not an expert on this, but I question whether “agenda” is appropriate. That seems to describe a concerted political movement. I think you are really just observing trans people.