Transgender Day of Remembrance: This is What Hate Looks Like

by kyril
Sat Nov 20, 2010 at 06:57:44 AM PST

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/20/919188/-Transgender-Day-of-Remembrance:-This-is-What-Hate-Looks-Like

You probably noticed that I've referred exclusively to women. That's because women make up the vast and overwhelming majority of victims of trans-related violence. Even though current estimates suggest that there are approximately equal numbers of trans men and women, women make up four out of five trans-related murders, and in fact many of the male victims are trans women's partners, not trans men. This year, the only male victim listed was a toddler killed for what his father apparently believed to be cross-gender behaviour.