North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority

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North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority
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"North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Wednesday a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality."

I believe all transgender people make up about 0.7% of the population. That's about 110,000. If 25% are minors, that's around 27,000 people per year banned from getting the help they need.

40% end up commiting suicide as it is...

They know the suicide rate for transgender children is high. They're fine with that. They want children to die. So pro-life of them.

I think your numbers are a little off. According to the Williams Institute trans people actually only make up about .5% of US citizens, and 18% of trans people are aged 13-17. The US population is around 338,000,000. Multiply that by .5% and you get 1,690,000 trans people in the US. 18% of 1,690,000 comes to 30,420 trans children between 13-17.

Source: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/trans-adults-united-states/

For sure. I just guessed at 25%.

What do you think it would be for North Carolina?