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The article claims that "trans women in 2021 are among the most at-risk groups in US history". I looked into this and can find no corroboration. GLAAD compiles
by ambrozk 5y ago
The article claims that "trans women in 2021 are among the most at-risk groups in US history". I looked into this and can find no corroboration. GLAAD compiles a list of trans people killed each year and, even if they're only catching half of all cases, then the US trans murder rate is still less than the US murder rate.
In summary, we need to pay this guy more?
- kondylotha 5y agoI think the OP is referring to articles such as this: ""Murders of Transgender People in 2020 Surpasses Total for Last Year In Just Seven Months"": https://transequality.org/blog/murders-of-transgender-people-in-2020-surpasses-total-for-last-year-in-just-seven-months https://transequality.org/blog/murders-of-transgender-people... Transgender people are rare so the number of murdered transgendered is small absolutely but high relatively. Indeed some might say their numbers are negligible but if one is a member of that group such statistics can be alarming. Evaluating statistics is something that every minority group must deal with in their personal lives and when they turn outward to other groups. The better-educated we all are in statistics the more comfortable we will be knowing that sometimes, for whatever reasons, one or another news outlet, politician or political figurehead will use statistics to bend the truth and scare the bejeezus out of us.
- nuerow 5y ago> The article claims that "trans women in 2021 are among the most at-risk groups in US history". I looked into this and can find no corroboration. The claim is also very extraordinary given that the US history also includes people who were literally enslaved and dehumanized to the point where murdering them was not an occurrence and, in some cases, even bred like cattle.