Historically, 0.01% or 1 in 10,000 suffered from gender dysphoria. That has radically changed. It predominantly is found among teenage females, which you and I probably do not run into. It is now common to hear this pronoun business at universities and in leftist politics.
Transgender pronouns are a tool to compel speech. That’s an all out assault on free speech. Take a look at Canada’s law compelling the use of pronouns. I also believe there are several American cities that require people to use these pronouns, including NYC.
Check out Jordon Peterson on YouTube. There are tons of videos dealing with the cause of gender dysphoria and his fight against compelled speech. He is a serious psychologist and in my estimation he is one of the few based in real science. It’s not psycho-babble.
Compelled speech is compelled thought. We think with words. Changing words changes your thought. I knew this starting with feminists requiring the use of Ms. The result is an assault on marriage. This abuse of language continued with political correctness and has accelerated with wokeness.
I had a haughty barbie doll wanna-be English teacher in the 7th grade who went by Ms. She hated me for some reason. English was my best subject. I was a quiet and unassuming kid with an occasional mischevious streak but not in her class so I don’t know why.