21

That’s the current count.

That’s the number of trans people murdered so far this year, we set a record.

This is going to be the worst year for us.

Transgender murders are 'rampant' in 2020: Human Rights Campaign counts 21 so far, nearly matching total of a year ago

USA TODAY

By Elinor Aspegren

July 8, 2020

The Human Rights Campaign has been tracking transgender homicides since 2013. This year is worse than all of them so far.

At least four transgender people have been murdered in the past week, including at least three Black transgender women, bringing the HRC's yearly count to 21 — nearly matching 2019's total of 27.

The organization has "never seen such a high number at this point in the year," and other advocates across the U.S. are horrified by the "rampant and repeated" murders.

Bree Black, a 27-year-old Black transgender woman, was found fatally shot July 3 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Summer Taylor, a 24-year-old white non-binary person, was fatally struck by a vehicle July 4 while they were participating the Black Femme March in Seattle.

Merci Mack, a 22-year-old Black transgender woman, was found fatally shot June 30 in Dallas. The next day, 32-year-old Black transgender woman Shakie Peters was killed in Amite City, Louisiana.

Hate crimes are soaring thanks to the administration's policies that drives a wedge between us.

Total Number Of Hate Crime Murders Hits A Record In 2018, FBI Reports, While Crimes Of Bias Also Remain High

While the number of crimes dipped slightly compared to 2017, Brian Levin, co-author of the report said, "We're seeing a leaner and meaner type of hate crime going on.'' The majority of hate crimes were motivated by bias against race and ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation.

CBS News: FBI Hate Crimes Data Released Today: Hate Crime Murders Hit Record In 2018; Crimes Targeting Transgender People Soar

Hate crime murders in the U.S. reached a 27-year high in 2018, according to data released Tuesday by the FBI. Hate crime murders totaled 24, which includes the 11 worshipers slain last year at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the deadliest anti-Semitic crime in U.S. history. New FBI statistics show hate crimes overall were down slightly in 2018 following three years of increases. Of 16,039 law enforcement agencies who participate in the hate crime data collection program, 2,026 agencies reported 7,120 hate crime incidents involving 8,496 offenses, meaning some involved multiple criminal charges. Most of the hate-crime incidents, 7,036, were "single bias," while the rest stemmed from multiple biases. The incidents involved 8,646 victims. (Bonaghue, 11/12)

CNN: Hate Crimes Remain At Heightened Levels, FBI Report Finds

The latest report found that 7,120 hate crime incidents were reported by law enforcement agencies to the FBI in 2018, just 55 fewer than had been reported in 2017. Between 2016 and 2017, the FBI found a 17% increase in reported incidents. The current total included 7,036 hate crime incidents involving a single identified type of bias against a perpetrator's victims, and 84 incidents involved more than one type of bias motivating the perpetrator. (Cole and Campbell, 11/12)

NPR: FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence

Levin said the increase in assaults was almost evenly distributed across demographic groups, with African-Americans, Jews, whites, gays and Latinos targeted the most. As in previous years, the majority of hate crimes reported in 2018 were motivated by bias against race and ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. (Treisman, 11/12)

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