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Changing the page name

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@User:Panamitsu, I appreciate your efforts in editing this page, but your page name change was done without any discussion. I would argue that your changed name is too awkward and weird, and think it wouldn't help users. People can have LGBTQ identities. I'm not sure why you would sat that the title "suggests that it is about gender identities" as I never got that impression. In any case, there should be discussion on here before making such a bold page name change. Historyday01 (talk) 14:00, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction

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The article says that most research indicates that most autistic people are straight, but in the following sentence says that studies into autism and sexuality suggests that autistic people have a higher degree of gay or bi feelings than non-autistic individuals. 2A00:23C4:AA1D:4A01:6597:FB5D:DD93:FE7B (talk) 15:35, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not really a contradiction. For example, autistic people as a group are more likely to be LGBT. But that does not mean that most are LGBT. Hist9600 (talk) 17:10, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
But that's a contradiction? If most aren't then by definition, as a group we're not likely to be. --2A00:23C4:AA1D:4A01:1192:5661:C0B8:DE90 (talk) 14:52, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It is saying that autistic people as a group are more likely to be LGBT than the rest of the population (e.g. neurotypical people). Nobody is saying that the majority are LGBT. Hist9600 (talk) 15:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@2A00:23C4:AA1D:4A01:6597:FB5D:DD93:FE7B I agree with the comments -- "more likely" and "majority" have two distinct meanings —Panamitsu (talk) 21:10, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well if most aren't then how does anyone know whether or not they're more likely to be? As a person with Asperger's syndrome myself, it strikes me as a political attempt to shoehorn so-called LGBT (the T isn't a sexual orientation so it shouldn't actually even be in there) into everything. --2A00:23C4:AA1D:4A01:F82A:69E9:610E:35DA (talk) 13:18, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"More likely" does not imply "majority". Hist9600 (talk) 16:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Well if there isn't a majority THEN HOW COULD ANYONE KNOW THAT THEY'RE MORE LIKELY? It's a complete non-sequitur! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:AA1D:4A01:9D08:61D4:4068:9912 (talk) 14:28, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The same way that 30% likely is more than 10% likely. That's how math works. Hist9600 (talk) 15:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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