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.
Sadly, 2020 has already seen at least 43 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender…
In 2020, at least 37 transgender and gender non-conforming people were victims of fatal violence — more than the Human Rights Campaign has recorded in any other year. This grim…
In 2015, at least 21 transgender people have been victims of fatal violence in the United States, more killings of transgender people than any other year on record. More transgender…
In 2019, at least 25 transgender or gender non-conforming people were fatally shot or killed by other violent means.*
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…
New issue brief details realities that conspire to put transgender people of color at heightened risk of violence.
A guide to state-level advocacy following enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.