Three in four trans people killed in the US in past year were people of colour

75 per cent of all transgender individuals killed in the US in the past 12 months were people of colour, a report has revealed. 

Published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and its Public Education and Research programme, ahead of Trans Day of Remembrance (20 November), the research highlighted that Black trans woman were disproportionately the victims of deadly violence.

Between November 2023 and November 2024, at least 36 trans or gender-expansive people have been killed, up from 33 in the previous year, the study revealed.

Three-quarters of those victims were people of colour, and close to 78 per cent were transgender women. The findings showed that 61.1 per cent were trans women of colour and half the total number were Black trans women. 

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