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ok extremely spicy question which is a QUESTION, i'm not claiming anything, I want to look at actual data without any agenda here, but: Based on light investigation, it seems trans women aren't really at significant risk of being murdered for being trans (and are at lower risk-

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So, some things to keep in mind that those statistics rely on: -gender being reported accurately (often, trans women are reported as men, may not be out, etc) -the cause of the crime being accurately reported Keep in mind that "trans panic" is STILL a legal defense some places

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One thing I'm looking at is ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P, still reading through it so let me know if you have issues with it, but so far it seems to take those things into account

4:11 AM · Jan 17, 2020

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"In that regard, Dinno’s work cannot provide a definitive answer to the “transgender murder rate” but instead provides a Compelling Argument for the advancement of more comprehensive data collection strategies to improve the safety of transgender people."

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I don't think this is a bad article, it basically sums up the issue of how difficult it is to track these things. There are so many things that decrease accurate reporting of these crimes, and very few that increase it.

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This paper: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P says some sources just ask "male, female, or transgender" which I'd expect many trans people say m or f to. If such violence is at the hands of people who feel "tricked", we might expect trans ppl who just reply m or f to be at higher risk.