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.
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…
Since 2013, HRC and other advocates have tracked 256 cases of known fatal violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people in 37 states, territories and the District of Columbia, across…
Sadly, 2021 has already seen at least 59 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by
other violent means. We say at least because too often these stories…
Visit our yearly reports on anti-transgender violence in the U.S. to explore the data and resources we have tracked over the years.
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…
As HRC continues to work toward justice and equality for transgender people, we mourn those we have lost.
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