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Report: Transgendered blacks highly victimized

Started by Natasha, September 21, 2011, 02:02:20 PM

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September 21, 2011, 02:02:20 PM
Report: Transgendered blacks highly victimized

http://peoplesworld.org/report-transgendered-blacks-highly-victimized/
9/20/11
by: Dan Margolis

Because of the effects of racism, being black in America has never been easy. And if you're transgendered, you are also likely to have been discriminated against. But if you're black and transgendered, the chances increase exponentially, a new survey found.

The information comes from Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, conducted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality.

According to the document, shocking 34 percent of transgendered black people live in "extreme poverty," compared to a corresponding figure of fifteen percent for transgendered people of all races and 9 percent for blacks of all sexual orientation. The percent of Americans as a whole living in extreme poverty is 4 percent - meaning that transgendered blacks are more than eight times more likely to experience poverty than the population as a whole.
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