The LGBTQ+ community, and particularly trans women of color, is acutely vulnerable to acts of violence. Learn how we’re using the progress we’ve made and pushing to end crimes based on hate.
The passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act sends an important message to our nation that the federal government will not tolerate violent crimes that target individuals because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or other characteristics. Passage of the HCPA does not, however, end the need for state lawmakers to address hate-motivated crimes that terrorize communities across our country. Every state must consider ways to use state laws to supplement the HCPA.
Sadly, 2020 has already seen at least 44 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender…
Read Moreabout Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2020
Since 2013, HRC and other advocates have tracked 304 cases of fatal violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people across 30 states and 113 cities nationwide. Although each case is…
The Human Rights Campaign is both saddened and infuriated by the deaths of at least six transgender and gender non-conforming people whose lives have been tragically and inhumanely taken through…
Sadly, 2021 has already seen at least 57 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by
other violent means. We say at least because too often these stories…
The 2020 Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People Report may be accessed here.
Archive of Fatal Violence against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People Reports:
Fatal Violence Report 2019Fatal…
As of November 20, 2020, Transgender Day of Remembrance, at least 37 transgender and gender non-conforming people were victims of fatal violence — more than the Human Rights Campaign has…
Last Updated: June 11, 2020
Anti-LGBTQ bias and access to guns are the taking live of countless LGBTQ people.
Sadly, 2020 has already seen at least 44 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender…
In 2019, at least 25 transgender or gender non-conforming people were fatally shot or killed by other violent means.*
As HRC continues to work toward justice and equality for transgender and gender non-conforming people, we mourn those we have lost.
At least 22 transgender people have been killed in the United States since the beginning of 2018 — 82 percent of them were women of color; 64 percent were under…
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