Hello I am Wendy Ella May a transgender woman and advocate
and today this letter to the editor will be speaking on the widespread
discrimination, harassment and violence that my transgender brothers and
sisters face every day in the United States, Trans genders have ample reason to
fear hate attacks that could lead to serious injury, if not death. A recent
report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs found that 50
percent of LGBT murders in 2009 and 44 percent of LGBT murders in 2010 were of
transgender women. Staff (2012) The
Trans Murder Monitoring project reports that from January 1, 2008 to December
31, 2011, there have been 816 reports of people who died from anti-transgender
violence in 55 countries. It should be noted that this number is probably much
lower than the actual figure, as it only represents known cases due to issues
of language used in reporting the murders (different countries have different
terms for being transgender or gender non-conforming) and due to the fact that
not all transgender people who are murdered are identified as trans. Staff
(2012) This year, does not seem to be a
safer year for transgender people either: We need your support to stop the
crimes, call police and get involved in your community.
Wendy May
References
Staff (2012) National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
http://www.avp.org/about-avp/coalitions-a-collaborations/82-national-coalition-of-anti-violence-programs
Staff (2012)Transgender Europe’s Trans Murder Monitoring
project reveals more than 800 reported murders of trans people in the last 4
years.
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