321 trans people murdered this year, new report finds
321 trans people murdered this year, new report finds
A new report to coincide with Trans Day of Remembrance shows a rise in racism in the number of murders in the past year.
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That seems really low to me for a global number, especially given how trans people are criminalized and villified in so many countries.
The villification is why the reported numbers are so low.
So many of us are robbed of our identity in death.
That's a good point, thanks to deadnaming, this number could be VASTLY under-reported.
And even when they get it right, if they don't explicitly have something to flag the person as trans, then the data doesn't get accounted for in crime statistics.
And speaking as a trans person, the last people I want to know that I'm transgender are the police, so even self under-reporting could be a factor
I wish it wasn't true, but I think you're very smart to be cautious of the police.
Stay safe out there.
Ya, my first thought was "wow i thought it would be much higher". Glad it's not though.
That's what I was thinking... "Man, even for the US that seems low... wait, GLOBALLY?"
Doubt most murders of trans people are registered as such, especially in countries which don't accept that trans people exist. The article implies as much:
The report explained that the majority of murder cases (235 cases) were reported in Latin America and the Caribbean, partly due to the “existence of established monitoring systems in these regions”, while Armenia, Belgium and Slovakia reported trans murders for the first time. ... TGEU explained that the horrific stats are only part of the full picture, with some trans people not identified as trans or gender diverse in reports of their deaths, leaving many potential additional cases unreported.
Honestly wouldn't surprise me. They don't even care enough to record the numbers murdered.
As plenty of these are also sex workers, plenty of places the police gives less than zero shits. Even ordinary sex workers avoid the police like the plague. So much so that people will avoid talking to the police at all or coming forward in even the most serious cases, out of fear of being raped, robbed, deported or worse.
IRC Gary Ridgway, who likely murdered over a hundred women, testified he targeted sex workers because he knew it'd allow him to get away with it. Which he did for two decades. You'll also occasionally hear of cases where seemingly an entire precinct systematically raped sex workers, apparently thinking it was something they were entitled to along with free coffee and donuts.