The number of trans people who were murdered in the U.S. nearly doubled between 2017 and 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the non-profit Everytown for Gun Safety. Black trans women accounted for nearly three-quarters of the known victims.
The number of trans people who were murdered in the U.S. nearly doubled between 2017 and 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the non-profit found that there was a 93% increase in tracked homicides of trans and gender-nonconforming people in the United States and Puerto Rico over the last four years. In 2021, 56 people were killed, compared to 29 reported deaths in 2017.
Pride Progress flag alongside the Transgender Pride flag with the slogan 'Trans Lives Matter' in Soho on 28th June 2022 in London, United Kingdom. In 2019, the American Medical Association recognized"an epidemic of violence against the transgender community," who are over 2.