There are approximately 500,000 trans and gender non-conforming people living in Texas.
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The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg ShowSep 12, 2026
The sources give Texas transgender counts of roughly 93,000 to 123,000 (Williams Institute estimates cited by Dallas County and Everytexan), which contradicts the claimed 500,000. The 2026 HRC report's 2.34% national trans-or-nonbinary figure would imply a Texas number closer to 500,000, but no source states a Texas figure on that basis, and no source gives a trans-plus-gender-non-conforming total for Texas.
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… That's the difference. I'm Gina Inahosa. My pronouns are mom, Texan, and soon to be governor Texan mom. Those are not pronouns; those are nouns. And it may not seem like a big deal to people, but there are approximately 500,000 trans and gender non conforming people living in Texas who vote, and you are telling them that the jokes that Republicans make to to sort of roll their eyes at the trans community, that that is okay to do, that you are playing into it. …
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Contradicts. The Williams Institute estimate cited by Dallas County puts Texas's transgender population at about 122,700, with 92,900 adults, far below 500,000.[2][3]
Supports. HRC's 2026 estimate that 2.34% of U.S. adults are transgender or non-binary, applied to Texas's adult population, would produce a figure in the hundreds of thousands, close to the claimed 500,000. The sources do not state this Texas figure directly.[4]
Context. The Williams Institute 2025 national report estimates 1.0% of people aged 13 or older identify as transgender (about 2.8 million nationally), and reports that about a third of trans respondents identify as gender nonconforming, so gender non-conforming is largely nested within the trans count rather than additive.[1]
Context. Estimates depend on the measure used: the older Williams figures measure transgender identity only, while the HRC figure covers transgender or non-binary adults using a different survey and definition. The claimed figure falls outside the stated Texas trans estimates but near the HRC-based extrapolation.[2][3][4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 1How Many Adults and Youth Identify as Transgender in the ...williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 2LGBTQ Data Brief (2023)dallascounty.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Data Brief: Celebrating LGBTQ Texanseverytexan.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 425.6 million LGBTQ+ adults in US; transgender population twice prior estimates: Studyktsm.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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