World News @lemmy.world shish_mish @lemmy.world 9mo ago

321 trans people murdered this year, new report finds

www.thepinknews.com 321 trans people murdered this year, new report finds

A new report to coincide with Trans Day of Remembrance shows a rise in racism in the number of murders in the past year.

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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.
- 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?"
I wonder how much higher that rate is than the national average when accounting for demographics.
- That was my first thought too but the total is globally, so it seems like quite a small number even when considering trans people account for ~1.4% of the world population which would be about 113,036,000 people.
  
  Man that's fucked up.
  
  "Good news! Proportionally, less trans people were murdered!"
  
  1.4% sounds high.
  
  That's why I said accounting for demographics. There are proportionaly more trans people in richer countries where murders are also lower. But I don't know how one would do that full demographic comparison.
  
  So if you dig into the actual data, they point out that this is probably far from the actual number of murders, since it is only reported, and not all jurisdictions participate. One concerning thing though that I saw was that 94% of all the reported murders were of trans women.
  
  113,036,000 people would be a respectable size for an entire country. That would be an interesting country to live in.
- They're definitely a small part of the population, and rates are always more informative than raw numbers.
  
  That said, we know that people are targetted for violence simply for being trans.
Isn’t that a lower rate than cis people?

Like worldwide, even if only 0.1% of people are trans (an intentional underestimate for conservative numbers) that’s a murder rate of 4.3 per 100k people. The worldwide average is 7.5.
A rise in racism? Transphobia isn't racism, right? It's equally as short-sighted and fucking stupid, but it's not the same.
- The article mentions that 80% of those murdered were also affected by racism. In Europe almost half of those murdered were refugees or immigrants.
  
  They're a racial minority or migrant. That increases their risk.
  
  They're trans. That increases their risk even further.
  
  They're also often sex workers. That increases their risk even further.
  
  Basically super vulnerable and marginalised minorities, who often can't turn to the police for help.

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