Latest Stonewall Trans report is now available.
www.stonewall.org.uk/comeoutforLGBT/lgbt-britain-trans-report
Lots of sensational statistics.
But, their methodology seems to me to be a bit dodgy...
^Participants were recruited through the YouGov panel, as well as an open recruitment that circulated through a wide range of
organisations, community groups and individuals.^
How exactly did this open recruitment occur? Were YouGov involved in this stage of the process? How did they ensure results weren't skewed by folk self-declaration to do the survey.
^The overall sample size of participants who are trans and/or non-binary is 871. Unless stated otherwise, findings reported for
'trans people' refer to respondents who identified themselves as trans (total sample 733 respondents), which includes trans people
who identified themselves also as non-binary; findings reported for 'non-binary people' refer to all those who identified themselves
as non-binary (total sample 414 respondents), of whom two thirds identify also as trans^
This is a very small sample. AFAIK polling companies aim for a minimum of 1000 to get meaningful results. What definitions of "trans " and "non-binary" did they use to promote those polled. In fact, why not publish the actual question/s used?
^65 per cent of trans and non-binary respondents are from England, 18 per cent are from Wales and 17 per cent are
from Scotland^
This seems a little odd - why does Scotland have 17% of trans people in the UK with 10%% of the population? No explanation or theory given for this.
34 per cent are male, 17 per cent are female and 48 per cent describe their gender in a different way.
Surely, surely sex is actually a fairly important question to ask so the researchers are aware of a) confounding factors and b) the different experiences of TIMs and TIFs.
^Different terms that
respondents used to describe their gender identity include ‘non-binary’, ‘genderfluid’ and ‘genderqueer’. People who used a
different term to describe their gender identity are referred to as ‘non-binary’ throughout the report^
Are they assuming gender 
How can they legitimately call agender, for example, non-binary? Again what was the actual question, and what answers were given. Publish the raw data!
^ 20 per cent of trans and non-binary respondents are gay or lesbian, 34 per cent are bi, 30 per cent use a different term to
describe their sexual orientation and 13 per cent are straight. Different terms that respondents used to describe their sexual
orientation include ‘pansexual’ and ‘queer’^
Does lesbian include TIMs? Again, why not publish the question and answers?
51 per cent of respondents are disabled.
Again, these numbers are very interesting, and ignored in the analysis. That is a lot of disabled people, a group that is also known to face a lot of discrimination. How exactly has stonewall ascertained that the oppression faced by those polled is because they are disabled rather than trans? Again, publishing ofmraw data required.
Nine per cent of respondents are black, Asian or minority ethnic
This seems high too -'how is Stonewall neutralising the fact that all of these protected groups face their own issues, without being trans?
^The figures have been weighted by region and age. All differences reported in the survey are statistically significant. All names
in quotes have been changed for anonymity and ages have been assigned from within age bands.^
Again, I would like to see the raw data on this - and why on earth series they collecting names in the first place?