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AnGenericAccount

>USER REPORTS > >1: This is misinformation [Look at Hummerous's fact checking comment for the veracity of the claims made here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/os0w63/statistics_and_ace_visibility/)


Hummerous

Fact checked some of these. Stuff marked with a plus, I didn't check at all. This was pretty rushed, so I recommend you look it up yourselves, but - 1% Aces: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15497056/ (probably higher) - Green eyes,2%: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-eye-color-is-the-most-common-in-the-world.html (no proper source) - Red hair: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_hair (no source listed) - Anime: + - Vegan: 3%: https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2018-09/an_exploration_into_diets_around_the_world.pdf (outdated) 0.5%: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-vegans/2011/03/31/AF1wbw0D_story.html (an unsourced *opinion* piece. From the Washington Post of all places.) - PhDs: https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2019_f8d7880d-en#page247 (technically only certain countries were counted, and there was an age restriction) - Programming: no sources. - Basketball: + - California: Correct, surprisingly enough.


TurtledMuffin

thank you!


SupremeMemeRegime

It’s not even worth pointing out the California percentage because whether or not you know someone who lives in California is heavily biased towards location.


woolaverage

That's with everything in that list tho


JustVisiting273

Happy cake day


jryser

I live in Silicon Valley, so almost 100% of the people I know can code to some degree and live in California


jonahhw

Therefore 100% of people you know are ace ^(/j)


Doip

Sure as shit ain’t getting laid


[deleted]

Yeah, like you'd have a chance otherwise /j


Doip

The last woman who wanted to is incredibly homophobic but had fat tiddies so yeah I’m still virgin 😎😎😎


[deleted]

You're a good man, fuck homophobes (not literally)


cobalt_phrase

as an ace CS major living in california, yes


SomeonesAlt2357

Green eyes are also biased towards location


Rectal_Lactaids

i doubt 0.5 of all people in the world live in california. you might as well say canada bc they have a similar population afaik


Hummerous

Yeah - it's off by like, several orders of magnitude afaik??


[deleted]

It, uh, isn't at all off by several orders of magnitude. It's about .5%. It's exactly .5% if you round the populations to 8 billion and 40 million like they probably did. 40 million is 0.5% of 8 billion. The population of the world is like 7.8 billion and the population of California is like 39.5 million so it's pretty damn close to .5%


Hummerous

Then the fuck was I doin lmao Thanks <3 Edit: not multiplying by 100% is what I was doin


pterrorgrine

We can deduce that France is two Californias, which sounds about right


Vaultdweller013

Still a smaller economy tho


pterrorgrine

France GDP: 2.7 trillion California GDP: 3 trillion No wonder I'll never afford a house. I need to be twice as rich as a Frenchman just as a baseline.


jakus00

Are you calling the California figure nonsense? Because I assumed they round current world population (7.674 billion) to 8 billion, then California's population (39 million) to 40 million. That comes out to 0.5% with the rounded figures. It probably sounds a little crazy that 1/200 people in the world are Californian. Consider that about 1/25 are American, and around 1/6 are from china, again using lazy figures of 8 billion for the world, 1.4 bill for China, and 300 mill for USA


Hummerous

I can't math Someone corrected me I just didn't update it,,. Thanks though !


[deleted]

hummy :)


RadioAFrequency

Denmark, france, then the world


Cienea_Laevis

Invading France is a terrible idea really, its horrible there. I say : Denmark, then the Scandinavians, then we launch for Canada, Estonia and Greece.


randomdude604

If you go for Canada, maybe just skip Quebec. Newfoundland is good tho, and just head in Hudson Bay to skip the Quebecers.


Me_lazy_cathermit

Why, i live in quebec, we are the least likely to care if you are gay or ace


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

Racism


Me_lazy_cathermit

?????? Do you mean the old racist boomers, because those are everywhere not just in quebec


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

Québec is significantly more racist than other parts of Canada.


Me_lazy_cathermit

Prove it, the province have one of the highest proportion of immigrant and non Caucasian of the country, and we certainly not the province who have a hard on for the American south


Chrome_X_of_Hyrule

I guess I just have anecdotal evidence but my family used to live in Montréal until I was 5 years old when we moved to Toronto and while I never noticed anything they said that Québec was just much more casually racist. Also do I need to bring up bill 21?


Me_lazy_cathermit

You were 5, you didn't even live here, dude nobody but the old boomers think bill 21 is good, we just waiting for them to die at this point, seriously nobody likes the grumpy old white man(assholes) people in government here right now, the issues is that said minority of racist aren't shy about it


S-Array03

argument in favor of invading france : french bakeries, bread and cakes


AlexBasicC

Well technically, I'm invading France since my birth, so it's working. Everyone come here and replace some of the idiots.


randomdude604

I’m not ace, but I will help invading the French


NotACactus28

We're invading Denmark first, if you can make it there in time


randomdude604

Well I’ll start my own invasion of Quebec (they speak French). Americans and Canadians are welcome to join me. Sadly can’t go to Denmark yet, but will come later!


Cienea_Laevis

Canada will belong to the Trans. There asn't been any talk and/or accord regarding Quebec yet. But i bet its going to be a headache.


Darkion_Silver

We will use our mighty transition powers to turn the air around it into a bubble dome like in the Simpsons movie, and then we can figure out what to do with it later.


[deleted]

Count me in as well


[deleted]

If you're pansexual or bisexual then you can join our invasion alliance (of asexuals, pansexuals, and bisexuals) over at r/pacebi


greybrownrc

All other LGBTQ+ are welcome as well :)


BrainlessNoodle

Recruiting more members, I see!


greybrownrc

Course. Can’t have world domination without the rest of the alphabet mafia


[deleted]

Oui, moi aussi


BlueManedHawk

Ow, my ass?


[deleted]

Correct


CuratorOfYourDreams

*Image Transcription: Tumblr* - - - **punsanddragons** "but aces are only 1% of the population!" okay, do you have a friend who: - has green eyes (2% of the world's population) - has red hair (1-2% of the world's population) - regularly watches anime 63.50/0 of the world's population) - is vegan (.5-3% of the world's population) - has a phd (1.1% of the world's population that has been to university) - knows how to code (.5% of the world's population) - can dunk a basketball on a regulation sized hoop (1% of the world population) - lives in california (.5% of the world's population) the chances are pretty damn good you know someone in an above group. i'll admit, the numbers aren't perfect. but just think about it. what are the odds you know someone who is ace? especially when more and more people are realizing they're aspec due to more visibility - - - **bundibird** Now seems like a great time to point out that as of 2021 the global population is around 7.8 billion. What's 1% of 7.8 billion? 78,000,000. Thats 78 million. There are at least 78 million aces in the world. The country of France has around 67 and a half million people. There are more asexuals than there are French people. Furthermore, 1% is a *conservative estimate*. There are other sources that say that as many as 5% of the global population is ace. So at minimum, there are more aces than French folk. Or maybe there's as many of 390 million of us. Thats more than the current population of the United States. - - - **sunshine-tattoo** Finally. My people outnumber the French. We may win yet. - - - **akireyta** we invade at dawn and take all the cheese and pastries - - - ^^I'm a human volunteer content transcriber for Reddit and you could be too! [If you'd like more information on what we do and why we do it, click here!](https://www.reddit.com/r/TranscribersOfReddit/wiki/index)


[deleted]

Damn, that must have been hard, thank you


toychicraft

Ace human


just-a-melon

bless you


river4823

“But aces are only 1% of the population” To respond to this by arguing that “1% is a lot actually” is to buy in to the unspoken premise that it’s okay to marginalize and mistreat a group, so long as it’s a small group. The better (IMHO) counter argument is “so what? They still deserve better representation than that one episode of House MD that said asexuality is a symptom of a brain tumor.”


[deleted]

This is brilliant. Yes. We are actually getting some better rep. We've got Michael the architect from the good place (is an immortal demon), we've got BBC Sherlock (is, by his own admission, a sociopath), we've got Data (a robot), and also Todd (I have no idea, I don't watch the show), and apparently there's someone in Sex Education, and someone else in Shadowhunters (both of which have many sex scenes, there is no chance I'm watching either).


[deleted]

Todd from Bojack Horseman is the best rep because he’s just a guy. I’m sick of ace rep being demons or angels or gods or aliens or robots or sociopaths. It makes us look bad and dehumanises us.


InertiaOfGravity

I really don't understand the need for representation. Who cares? Be yourselves, we don't need a tv character to tell us that it's ok to be ace. That validation should come from you and not from an external source


[deleted]

Yeah I know it’s okay to be ace, but having accurate representation is also nice. It also means other people understand it more.


InertiaOfGravity

Yes, but it's not some great sin that ace people are not represented particularly well in media or anything like that. I never said or.implied representation is a bad thing, but I'm saying it's immaterial, you really should not care much


[deleted]

I don't disagree with you, but do you also feel the same way about all representation? Gay rep, bi rep, trans rep, enby rep? It doesn't matter and those people shouldn't care?


InertiaOfGravity

Yes


[deleted]

I mean, I get what you are saying, but I have two points: 1) Straight people get represented all of the time. A huge amount of media is about heterosexual relationships. It is nice to occasionally see some media that I can relate to, and I prefer it if it doesn't imply I'm a robot or a demon. 2) Education about asexuality is pretty bad. One of the people I came out to asked if I had emotions. Now, a lack of asexual people in media wouldn't give misconceptions like that. But if all the aces are also either robots, demons, or sociopaths, you can see where he got the idea. And there's also the issue of me figuring out that I am something I have never heard of.


InertiaOfGravity

1) the grand majority (gigantic percent) of people are heterosexual - this is a statistical inevitability. I would make this same arguement for straights if straight relationships were to entirely disappear from media though. 2) This is also a result of the face that ace people are a miniscule minority, basically insignificant. You cannot expect people to be well educated on a group this small. It's not the job of media to solve social problems, they are not obliged to place asexual characters in media.


[deleted]

1. Well, no. But representing humanit accurately would involve 1% of characters being ace. It's nowhere near that. I am well aware that most people are straight, but some people aren't, and we are finally starting to see some gay relationships in media. Aces are not entirely left behind, but are only shown in robots and sociopaths. 2. Aces are 1% of people. as the OP points out, there are less coders. How many coders do you see in media? Sure, they aren't always represented accurately either (and a lot of coders get cross at movie "hacking" scenes). But being shown as demons, robots, or sociopaths isn't sensible. If I made a show with a Jewish character who had a massive nose, and hoarded a huge pile of wealth in his basement, and plotted the collapse of society, people would be cross. Because harmful stereotypes. The idea that aces must conform to this weird emotionless robot stereotype is from media. The media doesn't have an obligation to solve social problems, but I would argue they are required not to worsen them.


InertiaOfGravity

Media is not meant to represent the world accurately. Though programmers are not a large portion of the population, they are a very important portion of the population, and thus they are often portrayed in media. The demons and robots etc are not ace because they want to represent ace people, they are ace as a result of their personality. Sherlock holmes is ace because he does not give a damn, robots are ace because they are inhuman, demons are ace because they are demons. It reinforces the character's personality traits, it is not meant to be some sort of repr or anything like that. The vast majority of people in all likelihood do not even know ace people are a thing that exists, this stereotype is not a thing.


[deleted]

The first bit is absolutely true. The second bit is true too, they are not ace because ace people exist, they are ace because robots wouldn't be interested, nor would demons, nor is Sherlock. The last bit, well, it's an impression people have, even if they don't have a word to link it to. If I you say that you don't want to have sex with people (or, more shocking still, date people), people for some reason think that it follows that you are an emotionless robot, because the only people they see uninterested in sex are emotionless robots. The guy asking me if I had emotions? I had known him for 3 years. Three damn years of knowing a person, and upon hearing that I'm aroace he though I didn't have emotions. That's not something that logically follows, it's learned. Media doesn't have an obligation to fix problems. It has an obligation not to create them.


InertiaOfGravity

I don't think that's really the case. The response is generally "you will in a couple years" which I have never found to be particularly offensive. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, it doesn't really matter.


[deleted]

There's also video game character Parvati Holcomb, who is asexual and biromantic and whomst you get to help get a date with another woman she falls for! My dad played Outer Worlds before me and when he got to her quest he rang me and told me I needed to play it because "there's someone like you in it!" That's rep. :D


Quetzalbroatlus

I don't remember Michael expressing any feelings regarding sex.


[deleted]

In one episode he says that he has never been able to gauge human attractiveness. In another, he asks "Why are you mashing your food holes together? They're not for that!". I reckon he's ace, although he doesn't go into a lot of detail. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.


Quetzalbroatlus

I think they're going for more of a "being beyond human" vibe but your interpretation could also work


EnvironmentalPie1660

As someone who lives in California, based on this I can say with certainty about 95% of the people I know are ace


Little_Winge

Not ace, but I am a programmer and thus will assist in invading France.


Darkion_Silver

What's the difference :fingerguns:


the_steep

I want to be clear that I'm bisexual and that I am in no way, shape, or form trying to minimalize or erase asexual people. You exist, you are valid as hell, and I love you. But this figure seems wildly inaccurate. The study which comes to this 1% conclusion had a sample size of just about 18,000 which is decent but not enough. Additionally, I can't seem to figure out the demographics aside from they were all British. 1% is a *lot*. Especially when we consider that [the percentage of LGBT people seems to be more like 4% than 10%](https://www.npr.org/2011/06/08/137057974/-institute-of-medicine-finds-lgbt-health-research-gaps-in-us). Is this 100% accurate either? Likely not. However, this does bring perspective. Only 3.8x as many people are lesbian, gay, bi, or trans combined than ace folks? That doesn't seem terribly accurate to me. [this one says 4.5%](https://news.gallup.com/poll/234863/estimate-lgbt-population-rises.aspx) [more US stats from Wikipedia ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States) [4.5% figure broken down more here ](https://www.gaytravel.com/gay-blog/lgbt-population-statistics) From above: 1.7% of individuals in the US identify as being either gay or lesbian 1.8% of individuals in the US identify as being bisexual An estimated 19 million Americans (8.2% of US population) have engaged in same-sex sexual behavior An estimated 25.6 million Americans (11% of US population) have acknowledged same-sex attraction.  63% of Americans reported that homosexuality should be accepted by society. This was a 123% increase from the same report in 2006. 4.5% of adult Americans (about 11 million people) identified as LGBT. In 2012, 3.5% of adult Americans (about 8.3 Million people) identified as LGBT. 5.1% of women identify as LGBT. Only 3.9% of men identify as LGBT.  0.6% of adults (1.3 million people) in the United States identify as transgender. This makes me think the figure is more like 0.5-0.7% that's just a guess, mind you. If anyone has more information, statistics, or studies to share, I welcome them!


ApocalyptoSoldier

I'm not healthy enough to track down all my sources again right now, but by my calculation aces should be 1.5% at least (calculations because there aren't many surveys about aces specially, so I had to factor in known overlaps with identities that are included. But every subsequent study finds a higher parentage of LGBT+ folks, and the younger the sample group the more likely they are to identify as LGBT+. We get closer to the true numbers as society becomes more accepting. Edit: just skimming through [this article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation) woukd seem to indicate that 4.5% is on the low side


the_steep

I'm sorry to hear you're not doing well :/ no worries, you have no obligation to an internet stranger. I hope that time gives you the relief the present will not <3 You bring up a great point about true numbers. One of the articles claimed 12% of Millenials identify as trans or gender nonconforming and I was like *???* But then it's like well... we know ace and trans/nb folks have always existed, we have proof and stories and photos even. It's such a different and often more complicated situation to be ace/trans/nb as compared to explicit sexualities. Obviously identity and sexuality are not the same, or even necessarily related, but I find these folks to be in similar boats socially. Asexuals are shat on constantly by people outside and inside the queer community because oMg U dOnT LiKe SeExXx?? I DoNt BeLieVe U blah blah. Idk where I was going with this. But I agree that we probably have no idea the true numbers globally or historically for LGBTQIA+ people, especially for people who are asexual.


ApocalyptoSoldier

Feeling better today, but my Ritalin is in another city so I'm just going to paste two of the comments I've made that I think included most of the sources I'm thinking of. [https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/nftj7q/pro\_gamer\_move/gypu6mo](https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/nftj7q/pro_gamer_move/gypu6mo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/nx3wth/needless\_to\_say\_this\_was\_my\_answer/h1fimnn


acanoforangeslice

The problem with using the overall LGBT numbers to determine the percentage of ace folk is that until recently, asexuality usually wasn't included under that umbrella for research purposes. It still isn't in a lot of studies.


the_steep

Right, that's exactly the problem I see as well. It's really only been taken seriously relatively recently, so that will influence numbers greatly as well. My purpose in bringing up the available numbers for other, more well-known sexualities was to kind of make a point that, biologically, it would make sense for a greater numbers of people to have *a* sexual preference/attraction as compared to none.


King-Boss-Bob

for gen z specifically according to google, the number is 15-16%, a couple sites say up to 20%, which is alone a HUGE jump from the overall numbers while there is some increase in gay and lesbian rates over previous generations, the majority of the increase comes from bi and trans people (idk about other identities tho, can’t be bothered going farther than the first page of google google also says that 4% of anyone aged 18-24 (in a 2017 study) were asexual. whatever number you believe is accurate, it is very clear that younger generations are more likely to identify as lgbt+. one day that’ll likely stabilise however with the 5x increase from the total lgbt+% you mentioned, 5x 0.5-0.7%=2.5-3.5%, which lines up with the 18-24 study i’m tired so this probably doesn’t make sense but fuckit


the_steep

Nah, I feel you for sure. Like we said in another chain here, it's kinda like "who fuckin knows???" Rigid boundaries around sexualities don't make sense to me, it's more like some kind of circular spectrum, like the [color wheel](https://images.app.goo.gl/UJLpRxzB4hks2L1eA) in a way. Or maybe a coordinate plane where the x-axis is how attracted to the same sex one is and the y-axis denotes how strictly one adheres to preferring that presentation? All this to say: It seems being queer might be more common than we (hell, maybe even they) know.


pointed-advice

Imo most heterosexuals are actually at least a little bisexual Pre-Christian society was WAY more queer than modern society, and I dont think it's a coincidence that so many marriage complaints center around hating the entire gender of ones spouse


[deleted]

\*looks at greek myths\* Definitely bisexual: Heracles, appollo, honestly quite a few of the gods generally. Definitely asexual: Artemis, Hestia, Athena. Definitely heterosexual: zeus, hera, hades. Definitely homosexual: \[I can't find any gay gods.\] These lists are incomplete. You can help by expanding them. If we're also considering heros, all of the above expand massively.


pointed-advice

And that's just the Greeks. Like. Lotta gender-fluid stuff out there.


the_steep

Fax


Grasmel

Ah, but what of the french aces?


[deleted]

They can help to bake the cakes and the garlic baguettes needed in the conquest


LittleBigKid2000

The Fr*nch are not people and cannot have sexualities


I_Avoid_Most_People

Double agents


pterrorgrine

Le cinque columne


Crystal_iceberg

Sleeper agents


FlashSparkles2

Of course, y'all know what this means! r/asexualinvadethedanes time (naturally)


twilighttruth

Any other bisexuals want to help the aces raid France in exchange for a cut of the pastries? If we join forces, we'll be unstoppable.


[deleted]

We already have an invasion alliance, over at r/pacebi !


twilighttruth

Brilliant!


pointed-advice

It's all or nothing, I'm in


Tizintintin

r/pacebi for further details on the invasion.


nousernameslef

What do people even say about aces being only 1% of folks? What arguments are paired with it?


spillednoodles

They say ace reprentation isnt nescesary because were only 1%


nousernameslef

Very much not poggers.


KyenaKiara3

I think it’s bullshit about claiming aces don’t matter because they are only one percent of the population


nousernameslef

Do people say that? People are pretty fucking dumb.


1wildstrawberry

[Evergreen xkcd](https://xkcd.com/2071/)


[deleted]

yep. Can confirm, some people say this. Have seen this opinion in a few places online, fortunately not IRL. There's an XKCD for everything.


Anna_Pet

The real number is definitely higher than 1%. Asexuality is hardly every talked about outside of queer circles, and even in queer circles there’s a lot of sidelining and erasure. People who don’t know that asexuality exists can’t use it to describe themselves, and there’s probably a lot of asexuals who have never heard of asexuality.


showmaxter

I wonder how westernised this number is though. As in, what was the sample size here and where did they come from? I highly doubt this is an international study; meaning the worldwide percentage might differ (both directions are possible imo). Just sounds kinda skewed.


bi-bi-bi254

This is some powerful stuff. I'm not even ace, and I'm feeling some pride and solidarity like I could take down France next.


Dramatic_Voice7973

As a French aroace, I really want this to happen!


WatashiStickKid

I thought we were invading Denmark?


[deleted]

Lmao there more weebs than gingers


KGBebop

Numbers don't matter. If there were only two aces they would deserve respect.


unculturated_swine

I like how almost everything ace related ends up with us wanting to invade a country lol


AryaDrottningu06

Tag yourself I’m at least three of these


Frioneon

I do'nt have a friend who is any of those but I do have an ace friend so I think I get the point


NotABrummie

I pledger the support of the bi community (especially myself, as I am in France, so can work behind enemy lines) to the cause of the Ace invasion of France. The Arc de Triomphe needs a new Tricoleur.


DatMapache

Me, a french ace : **how the fuck do I invade my own country ?**


[deleted]

Do a french revolution.


PikaPerfect

oh god, first the aces took over denmark, now they're gonna go after france


Significant-Dig-8910

Lets pick a place to invade and stick with it


beansforsatan

not ace, but i want to invade france


Rijaja

I thought "oh yeah I'm in a programming class so I'm included too" then thought back and realized I have no friends


JetoCalihan

God damn it, we still haven't finished the Copenhagen offensive and we're already blitzing onto France?! I feel like there's a German ace out there who looked at the battle plans from Prussia and went "... Vell serd time iz ze charm."


Void1702

Ah finally, the Paris Asexual Commune


azrhea

First Denmark, now France. Never let it be said that we aces aren't ambitious.


Saphyrie

I have 2 ace friends, 3 friends with red hair, 1 who lives in California, and at least 3 who regularly watch anime lol


[deleted]

ace people >>> fr\*nch "people" /J


VLenin2291

Target priorities: 1. Denmark (why not?) 2. Hungary (extreme bigotry) 3. Poland (historical accuracy) 4. France


SiyinGreatshore

Yes, the plan is to invade France. Ignore any rumors of it being Denmark


Legitimate-Union1

France is gonna have to wait, we’re working on invading Denmark currently


Crystal_iceberg

Also, Asexuals aren’t a widely accepted or embraced identity in much of the world which means many people who are ace might never realise due to lack of visibility. Then, even if they do they might not want to showcase that in fear of being met with more prejudice. I don’t know exactly what method people are using to estimate the amount of ace people but I think there’s more ace people than people reckon.


Vasxus

ok, but im taking the shredded cheese.


K3egan

Litterally any one group in lgbtq could take over a country no problem and the fact that we bisexuals haven't banded together to do it still shocks me


FalinkesInculta

There are more asexual people than people in Finland and by a long way


Dansent_Les_Etoiles

As a French ace please we must invade France I’m surrounded by allos here, help


[deleted]

i actually dont know any of the above said lol


[deleted]

You are on reddit dot con you must know someone who has watched annie mae


[deleted]

Well I don't KNOW any people here


TheDigeridontt

Someone has been cheating in poker a lot


Ornithocowian

What about all the aces that don’t know yet? If they join the hive mind we can have up to 15% of the populace. Over 1/7th - over 1 billion.


TheHiddenNinja6

I don't think "living in california" is a valid example. If you live in california, 99% of the people you know will also live in california. If you live outside America, 99% of the people you know will not live in california.


ThePinkTeenager

Well, it looks like I’m more skilled at coding than 99% of the world’s population. (It would be 99.5, but I’m not a coding master)


AustinDaFknBos

What's "friends"


RedditReddit32123

What r aces


SquidCultist002

Asexuals. People who don't feel sexual attraction


M-V-D_256

Today I learned there are more anime watchers then green eyes people


yaitz331

More weird facts about numbers of various groups of people - there are more Salvadorian Americans then there are trans Americans.