"The Human Rights Campaign commends the White House for forming an interagency working group focused on safety, inclusion, and economic opportunity for trans individuals. This important step — which the Human Rights Campaign called for in our Blueprint for Positive Change — can help save lives and address violence, discrimination, and stigma against the trans community, which has reached epidemic proportions.

“At least 29 trans and gender non-conforming people have been killed in the U.S. so far in 2021, on pace to become the worst year on record. We say ‘at least’ because too often these stories go unreported – or misreported. Since 2013, HRC and other advocates have tracked more than 180 cases of anti-transgender fatal violence across more than 33 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. This hateful violence disproportionately impacts Black and Brown transgender women, who comprise approximately 4 in 5 of all anti-transgender homicides.

“Our communities need support at every level if we are going to address this epidemic, and we’re grateful to have allies in President Biden, Vice President Harris, and across the federal government who recognize this crisis for the emergency it is."