medindia dot comTransgender people also must regularly contend with acts of violence. The young people interviewed by
ABCNEWS.com all said they had been verbally harassed and some had been physically assaulted.
"For the last decade or two, about one trans person is murdered every month," said Mara Keisling, the executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. "We know that number is actually higher because a lot of trans people's murders go unreported either because the police are confused or are trying to help victim's family by masking the person's identity."
