In 2022, a study conducted by researchers at UCLA’s Williams Institute claimed that 0.5 percent of all American adults, 1.3 million people, and about 300,000 youth 13 to 17 years old identify as transgender, which Townhall covered.
Despite this, pro-transgender advocates claim time and time again that social contagion and gender ideology curriculum do not play a part in these numbers, which are growing all across the world.
This week, the BBC reported that the number of transgender people living in England and Wales may have been overestimated by the 2021 census.
Following the survey, it was reported that around one in 200 people ages 16 and older self-identified as a gender other than their biological sex.
BBC noted that a review found that people who do not speak English fluently misunderstood the question and mistakenly said that they were transgender.
Reportedly, the Office for National Statistics previously voiced concerns about this (BBC):
People who filled out the 2021 census in England and Wales were asked: "Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?"
According to the ONS, 262,000 people - around 0.5% of the population - answered "no".
But on Wednesday, Mary Gregory - a deputy director at the ONS - said some people may have misunderstood the question.
Writing on the ONS's website, she said there was "potential bias" in how the question was answered "by those who responded that they had lower levels of English proficiency, some of whom may have mistakenly given an answer suggesting they were trans".
Michael Biggs, a sociology professor at Oxford University, pointed out that 10 percent of the people surveyed said that they did not speak English as their main language. And, they accounted for 29 percent of the transgender people.
In one instance, the London Borough of Newham has the highest number of people who identified as transgender, at 1.51 percent. This same area has one of the highest rates of non-English speakers, 35 percent.
Now, the Office for Statistics Regulation has reclassified the data from "accredited official statistics" to "official statistics in development" to reflect these issues. Other statistics, they added, are fully accurate.
