Trans Day of Visibility is celebrated on March 31 every year. It may feel these days that trans people are everywhere.
It’s true, we are. We always were. This year we will be officially counted in the census for the first time. For the past decade we’ve been relying on best guesses to figure out how many trans people are in the UK.
In 2015, Brighton & Hove City Council estimated that there were 2,700 trans people living in the city, or about 1% of residents.
Compare that to the Office for National Statistics claiming that only 2% of the population identify as lesbian, gay or bi.