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91% of Australians support Trans Rights (lens.monash.edu)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would be curious where they did the polling and how many people they spoke too.

I can take you to communities in Australia where trans rights wouldn't even be understood then when explaining them they would want to kill the person.

I just find that number to high

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The Redbridge polling was conducted for Equality Australia between February 3 and 7 this year with a sample of 1,013 Australians aged 18 and older.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Where from though? The demographics in Melbourne would be very different to Katherine or Alice Springs

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Polling like this is done over the phone, they take numbers at random, and when you start getting into the 1000s in terms of a response, the samples become pretty accurate in terms of representation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(statistics) theres probably more info here

    also the snappy headline saya 91% sure, but looking at the article

    86% agree or strongly agree that government and opposition should not politicise trans issues for political gain  89% agree or strongly agree that LGBT people deserve to live with dignity and respect  91% agree or strongly agree that trans people should have the freedom and choice to live their lives in the way that makes them happy  81% agree of strongly agree that trans people deserve the same rights and protections as other Australians 

    for reference the population was 26million at the last census, and 91% of that is something like 23,660,000, so there's still a few million people who'd love to attack queer people, i've met plenty, but honestly most people dngaf about trans people, and have not met one irl

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