Are some professions more likely to have trans-identified children?

[Niminy]

Do some occupational groups have a higher percentage of parents of trans-identified children? Following on from Sunderland Minster thread I was thinking that I could immediately think of five clergy with trans-identified children. I'm sure there are more but I got kicked out of a big fb group for being a Terf. Actors, journalist -- this is well known. Are there others? Academics, perhaps? And what makes some groups more susceptible?

Highly likely.

Social workers are statistically more likely to be trans identified.

The leaders/officials in Union's have a few 'trans' relative's, any occupation that is knee deep in this ideology is likely to have a lot of people with 'trans' relatives in I think.
When you have organisations that are heavily into promoting something, it's likely because there are people in positions of power in the organisation that have a vested interest in promoting it.

Celebrity kids seem to be massively over represented.

Politicians?

Wasn't it said a few months ago that there are 3 trans parents on the Labour front benches?

With all due respect to people's religious beliefs, if you have been brought up to believe in an imaginary, otherworldly being, a 'God', then believing any gender based nonsense probably isn't a big leap.

Conversely, it could be children kicking back against a religious upbringing and wanting to rebel.

Yes, I agree that having a trans-identified child means you have a vested interest in promoting gender ideology. But what I'm wondering is whether you find more "trans parents" in some sectors than others, and why? For example: are there more "trans parents" in acting than in the haulage business (I'd lay money there are). Is class a factor, is there some kind of social contagion going on, is it correlated with left-liberal social opinions? And why would parental views/social groupings/occupations map onto their offsprings' identity issues?

I get a bit sick of this comparison. It is really very different.

I suspect it will be linked to people who were less likely to be engaged in science / biology and maths type subjects at school.

If only. Way too many scientists are genderists.

Dh and I were discussing recently how quite a few celebrities have declared themselves to be ADHD in the last few years and some also autistic. I suggested that might be the risk taking aspect of ADHD behaviours and various other traits (working to deadlines, not conforming to standard office timetables and structures ) might appeal to ADHD people.

You could argue that there are a higher number of celebrities that are ADHD and, if neurodivergence is often inherited, that their offspring might be also neurodivergent. And there is a belief that neurodivergent people are more susceptible to genderism.

Of course celebrities get to bang on about their neurodivergence because we live in a world where journalists etc ask celebrities questions. I’m sure there are plenty of other risk taking occupations (entrepreneurs for example) who attract ADHD people. But they don’t get to air their opinions so much.

And, yes, politicians are likely to be risk takers in that they have to stand up and try to be elected or not on the whim of the electorate.

My child is trans. Also autistic. Works in IT as a programmer.

I think academia has driven the trans inclusive research, which yes has led to more

totally forgot about the IT crowd.

Just realised you said the parents profession. I suppose I work in a role similar to that of a social worker. Does that mean you can blame me for my trans child then? 🙄

I'm not blaming! I was just musing on how "trans parents" seem to cluster, based on the number of clergy I know with trans-identified children, and wondering whether I'm seeing something that isn't there, or, if it is there, why that is.

Do they cluster? Do you know a lot of trans kids? I do know a few because my child hangs around with others, I would say the parents all have quite different jobs although I only know what three of them do

I think in some cases it’s about class/affluence, so perhaps professions that correlate. In one group I’m in, the trans identifying children all went to (different) private schools, and at one local private school it was 10% of a year group.
Reminds me of Daliso Chaponda joking “Africans don’t get depressed, we can’t afford it.”

If I look round my own circles there are a couple of big correlations, but the confounding factor there is of course me… the ones that stand out are 1 paramedics 2 philosophers 3 either having an Oxbridge degree or being a child of at least one person with an Oxbridge degree.

Interestingly, of that highly unscientific cluster, the only one that shows a sex difference is the paramedics, who are all female.

Celebrities.

Apparently David Tennants son Wilfred goes by “Red” nowadays. The cringe is almost unbearable.

Do you cringe at all families with a trans identifying child?

I nearly called my son a name that we would have shortened to Red - we decided we weren’t cool enough to pull it off. Tbh I’m not a huge fan of Wilfred as a name - [sorry, I know it’s popular] and i can see why someone might choose to go with a snazzier nickname. I wouldn’t cringe at an Elizabeth deciding to be Liz…

I think the common denominator is unrestricted access to the internet.

Yes. Because I think there is no such thing as a trans child but I think there is definitely such a thing as parents who LOVE the idea of having a trans child.

I've always thought that the trans-identifying child seems to be a largely middle-class phenomenon rather than a working-class one. And as we know, trans identification seems to be more common amongst same-sex attracted teenagers (at least in girls), those with autism and those with a history of mental health problems.

Having said that, the GIDS clinic data revealed a very high proportion of children coming from backgrounds in care, so a completely different demographic.

Okay. I don’t love the idea of having a trans child. It’s been quite difficult and I probably agree with you about a lot of things but I love my child. What hurts is that I know my child will be ridiculed and we will be cringed at by people like you. I can’t just magic it away. I wonder how you would respond if it was your child.

My partner is a carpenter, if that helps with your project. Or if you want to make sure your grandkids aren’t going to be trans you could use this thread to help your perfect kids not to have trans kids

I think liberal elite type locations and occupations produce the most 'trans-identifying' children.

Wasn't there a school in Cambridge - Hills Road - that had one of the highest levels of LGBTQ+ children (Cavetown being one of them) in the country? There was a definite question about the impact of social contagion, as well as the impact and influence of TRAs on the staff.

I guess in somewhere like Cambridge there's going to be a lot of academics and STEM background folk, working in the tech companies?