Dismantling a Culture of Violence

Since 2013, at least 372 transgender, non-binary, gender-expansive, and gender-expansive individuals (“transgender and gender-expansive,” or just “trans,” going forward) have been killed in the United States.

This resource offers a framework to understand the causes of fatal violence against the trans and gender-expansive community in the United States, focusing on factors at multiple levels of influence.

It’s not enough to grieve the loss of victims of violence against transgender and non-binary people. We must honor their memories with action.

We hope to demonstrate how stigma against transgender and non-binary people, denial of opportunity and increased risk factors compound to create a culture of violence. But most importantly, we provide clear ways that each of us, no matter who we are, can directly make an impact to make our society a safer place for transgender people.