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Why is there such a strong link between being trans and the autism spectrum (and hence, it seems, futurism, the Rust programming language, and various other niche interests)? I've been researching it for over a decade, and I still don't know 🤷‍♀️

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bruh this cluster is turning up a lot in my kink survey data, like trans+autism+a certain set of fetishes, and i don't know how to make sense of it

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@JackBushnell33

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do you think it might be linked to trust?

Tailcalled (tailcalled@schelling.pt)

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What set?

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It is a difference in attention. Maybe a difference in attention is what results in autism, to begin with.