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They die at a lower rate than other men too.

This is an important point that doesn't get emphasized enough, and isn't obvious/intuitive even to most trans-skeptical people. Although I don't have current stats on it, I'd speculate that in the United States, trans women are also higher SES than most other populations, which is another indicia of "privilege."