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321 trans people murdered this year, new report finds
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That seems really low to me for a global number, especially given how trans people are criminalized and villified in so many countries.
The villification is why the reported numbers are so low.
So many of us are robbed of our identity in death.
That's a good point, thanks to deadnaming, this number could be VASTLY under-reported.
And even when they get it right, if they don't explicitly have something to flag the person as trans, then the data doesn't get accounted for in crime statistics.
And speaking as a trans person, the last people I want to know that I'm transgender are the police, so even self under-reporting could be a factor
I wish it wasn't true, but I think you're very smart to be cautious of the police.
Stay safe out there.
Ya, my first thought was "wow i thought it would be much higher". Glad it's not though.
That's what I was thinking... "Man, even for the US that seems low... wait, GLOBALLY?"
Doubt most murders of trans people are registered as such, especially in countries which don't accept that trans people exist. The article implies as much:
Honestly wouldn't surprise me. They don't even care enough to record the numbers murdered.
As plenty of these are also sex workers, plenty of places the police gives less than zero shits. Even ordinary sex workers avoid the police like the plague. So much so that people will avoid talking to the police at all or coming forward in even the most serious cases, out of fear of being raped, robbed, deported or worse.
IRC Gary Ridgway, who likely murdered over a hundred women, testified he targeted sex workers because he knew it'd allow him to get away with it. Which he did for two decades. You'll also occasionally hear of cases where seemingly an entire precinct systematically raped sex workers, apparently thinking it was something they were entitled to along with free coffee and donuts.