https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-ta...s-different-from-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/
I'm not sure how anyone can read an article like this, and not be concerned. Whatever the rate of trans/non-binary people is in the population, it should be consistent across generations. Instead, it is the case that younger generations are
orders of magnitude more likely to identify as trans/non-binary than older individuals, with this article estimating the current rate in younger populations at a whopping 5%.
You badly underestimate the degree to which mentally ill people will happily agree to medical procedures if they're convinced the procedures will solve all of their problems.
We are talking about a non-trivial percentage of the population, who are predominantly legally minors, being given irreversible surgeries and other treatments that often render them infertile. This is not trivial.