Trump administration stops federal monitoring of violent crimes against trans victims
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/administration-stops-federal-monitoring-of-crimes-against-trans-victims/
By Greg Owen (5 May 2025)
In a series of unpublicized revisions last month, the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has removed all references to gender and gender identity from at least four federal surveys, The Appeal reports.
The changes mean the federal government will no longer monitor violent crimes and other forms of abuse experienced by trans people.
At least four major surveys are affected: The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the School Crime Supplement, the Survey on Sexual Victimization (SSV), and the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ).
"The removal of sexual orientation and gender identity questions from federal surveys is devastating to our understanding of LGBT populations' health and wellbeing," Ilan Meyer, senior scholar for public policy and sexual orientation law at the Williams Institute of UCLA, said.
"Such data is important for setting policy goals for interventions," Meyer said. "The removal of sexual orientation and gender identity data will leave policymakers, researchers, and advocates with no valid information on the victimization of LGBT people."
"Trans kids in youth facilities are sexually assaulted at horrifying rates," Linda McFarlane, executive director of Just Detention International, told The Appeal.
An "entire body of research is being undermined, simply because the government hates trans people," McFarlane said.