Republican legislators have introduced more than 120 anti-LGBTQ bills in Congress only one month into the new year.
, at least 38 trans people were killed in hate crimes in 2022, and at least 50 were killed in 2021. These reports likely undercount the total number of trans and gender-nonconforming people who were killed considering that the victims’ deaths often go unreported or may not be identified as transgender or gender nonconforming.
The wave of proposed anti-trans legislation is also impacting trans mental health. According to a 2022 LGBTQIAby The Trevor Project, 59% of trans men and boys, 48% of trans women and girls, and 53% of nonbinary people surveyed had considered suicide. Of those surveyed, 22% of trans men and boys, 12% of trans women and girls, and 19% of nonbinary people had also attempted suicide.
“We’re a tiny group of people, but this tiny group of people has received an outsized amount of attention right now,” said Jones. “What people can do is make their voices heard.”
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