Julisa Abad said she's one of the more fortunate transgender women in Detroit's Six Mile and Woodward area.
The Human Rights Campaign has tracked at least 136 deaths of transgender people since 2013 due to fatal violence, with most victims being black transgender women, but the organization said the violence is hard to track due to misgendering and transphobia. The actual number of killings could be much higher.
Experts and advocates point to these violent attacks as examples of why the U.S. needs stronger anti-discrimination policies and legal protections for transgender people. Many of the reported cases involved clear anti-transgender bias. In others, the victim's transgender status may have put them at risk in other ways, such as forcing them into unemployment, poverty, homelessness or sex work, according to HRC's research.
"Even though we have our civil rights and marriage equality, and laws against discrimination, there is still violence and there's still hatred and there's still harassment going on," she added. "Unfortunately, yes, you do have to tell people how to talk to people," Horowitz said."Basically, the point of the project is bridging that gap between the community and law enforcement, so that when they are targeted, we can actually address it and prosecute those crimes.""Today, we've had 26 cases that we've done, and I would say half, about half, of that caseload has involved biased-based crimes against transgender women of color," Horowitz said.
Just what where the circumstances of this epidemic.... let’s see 136 divided by 6 years... 21 a year. Some epidemic! How many where domestic.. or robbery... or myriad of other ways? You people can strain a gnat. HOW MANY CHRISTIANS KILLED IN 6 YEARS?
federallawsforstripclubs
What a mixed kettle of fish, this entire article is tossed salad ...
So...WHAT race/sexual orientation were the perpetrators of these homicides, and what was the catalyst/cause of any violence that led to the deaths? Any those questions, and become a responsible journalist
If these type of people were put into mental institutions where they belong, their lives would be safe. This is an abomination.
No one cares how many women have been killed since 2013.
...and?
ALL LIVES MATTER! The problem is the Hypocrisy of Organized Religion; whereby, an 'unborn' fetus is deemed more important than caring for ALL 'G-D's' Creatures..the living! Self-Appointed 'Righteous' worship & then, proceed to Discriminate based on their pathetic Intepretation!
In the meantime Abortion Clinics kill millions of innocent babies.
OK.....the HRC has been keeping a tally....What can the HRC tell us about the perpetrators......
Working in the sex trade is dangerous for Gay, straight, and Trans workers.
How many WHITE HETEROSEXUAL CHRISTIAN MALES have been murdered since 2013?
How many black babies have been killed by abortion since2013.
So in other words, we need stronger laws prohibiting murder? What do you suggest, the death penalty?
Lots of missing information to proclaim this an 'epidemic'.
were they Also carrying swasticas? this level of parapalegic speaking is ILLEGAL you can't, speak like that, it's communist
They should transition into a bird. Amputate their arms and replace w wings so they can fly.
Pure hogwash
How many were sex workers?
I think that whoever is responsible for killing people that are this way should be locked up for the rest of their life!
They deserve our protection, and how we treat the most vulnerable among us reflects the most upon us
The last perpetrator.
Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: washingtonpost - 🏆 95. / 72 Read more »
Source: washingtonpost - 🏆 95. / 72 Read more »
Source: NBCNews - 🏆 10. / 86 Read more »