A new report reveals that 53 transgender people were killed in the US in the last year, which saw a marked increase in anti-trans legislation and rhetoric.
Notably, while these numbers from the National Center for
Transgender Equality’s (NCTE) annual remembrance report have grown since last year, some experts say that the real number of lives lost is probably higher due to the difficulties in accurate reporting and data within the trans community.
“It is no coincidence that we are seeing anti-trans violence rise at the same time as we’re seeing anti-trans legislation rise,” said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, the executive director at the NCTE. “Every year from 2020 to today, we have broken the record … of anti-transgender bills ever introduced.”
Annual report from National Center for Transgender Equality shows grim statistics by race and gender
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