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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 mil
by 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 agoI 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...