As of Friday, a least 37 trans and gender nonconforming people have been killed this year in what the HRC called"an epidemic of violence.""This grim milestone proves what we have long known: this violence is an epidemic," HRC wrote in its annual report.
Over the past seven years, there have been 202 reported cases of fatal violence against transgender and gender nonconforming victims -- and Black transgender woman make up 66% of these deaths, according to HRC's report. This year's report acknowledged the racial disparities in these killings. Of the 37 victims, the majority were Black, Latinx or both, according to HRC. The list includes Tony McDade, a Black transgender man who was shot by a Tallahassee police officer in May, two days after the death of George Floyd.
Other victims include Queasha D Hardy, a hairstylist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who was shot and killed in July, and Michelle Michellyn Ramos Vargas, who was shot multiple times and found dead in San Germán, Puerto Rico, in September. HRC's report comes just three days after the FBI released its hate crime report for 2019. There were 7,103 hate crimes reported to the FBI in 2019 and of these, a combined 19.6% were based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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