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> even if she wasn't trans Who is gunning trans (just because they are trans)?

• ceejayoz 9y ago
  Probably most notable case is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena (the story was made into the movie Boys Don't Cry). You can find quite a few more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unlawfully_killed_transgender_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unlawfully_killed_tran....
  • ng12 9y ago
    It's the second part of his question that's the important one -- lots of people are murdered for lots of different reasons. There are estimated to be over a million trans people in the USA, do they have a disproportionately high rate of murder?
    • ceejayoz 9y ago
      I can't find conclusive numbers on murders specifically. http://time.com/3999348/transgender-murders-2015/ http://time.com/3999348/transgender-murders-2015/ says: > Though a federal hate crimes law requires the collection of some statistics related to violence against transgender people, experts are dubious about the numbers they're getting. “A lot of jurisdictions report zeroes, even in places where we know there are hate crimes," Keisling says. Most state laws don't require the collection of such statistics, according to Minter. Given the high incidence of sexual violence against transgender persons (https://www.ovc.gov/pubs/forge/sexual_numbers.html https://www.ovc.gov/pubs/forge/sexual_numbers.html) it certainly seems likely the murder rate is similarly high. There's a "one-in-twelve" stat that appears to have gone around, but it's not true: http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/may/13/garnet-coleman/garnet-coleman-said-transgender-person-has-1-12-ch/ http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/may/13/garne...