Predators?

The conservative media likes to portray us as predators but it is far more likely that we are the prey. I have lost count on the number of trans people killed this year here in the U.S.

Trans People Face a Huge Risk of Sexual Assault—but Conservatives Paint Them as Predators
Slate
By Mark Joseph Stern
September 23, 2015

Buried among the data from the Association of American Universities’ new study on campus sexual assault was an especially distressing detail: Trans and genderqueer students face a stunningly high risk of sexual assault and harassment. Here are the lowlights:

• 39.1 percent of trans, genderqueer, noncomforming, and questioning (“TGQN”) seniors were subject to nonconsensual sexual contact.
• 29.5 percent of TGQN seniors experienced unwanted sexual contact as a result of physical force or incapacitation.
• 75.2 percent of TGQN undergraduates have been sexually harassed.
• 22.8 percent of TGQN undergrads experienced intimate partner violence.
• 12.1 percent of TGQN undergrads are victims of stalking.

The list goes on, but the trend is clear: TGQN students are at a higher risk of assault and harassment than any other group.

It can plainly be seen that we are more likely to be victims of a violent crime than the perpetrator of violence. But the Republicans and the conservative media continue to portray us as pedophiles and perverts fostering an atmosphere where violence against us is condoned. This creates environment where assaults against trans people are not prosecuted even when there are witnesses to the assault.