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[–]loveSloaneSuperDuperBi 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(At the beginning of the article) “958 participants (all but seven cisgender, ranging in age from 18 to 81, with an average age of 26)...

...Of course, this is just one study with a non-representative sample (participants were recruited using online advertisements, listserv messages, on-campus announcements, in-print magazine ads, snowballing methods, and invitations sent to previous study participants), so more research is needed to understand the extent of this form of trans exclusion and the reasons driving it.” (Towards the end)

Translation: we asked a variety of people of all sexualities (they asked trans people and enbies, and lgb people), ages, and backgrounds, but we didn’t like the results so we’ll just keep asking until we get results we can skew in our favor or that we can twist to tell us what we want to hear.