we talk a lot about trans murders, so I'm curious if anyone out there knows if the trans murder rate is substantially higher than the
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general population's. I did some quick napkin math, but I realized my numbers weren't good; I wanted to apply the overall US murder rate
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of 3.9 per 100k to the self-declared trans population of 1.4 million, but then i realized that that number - 1.4 mil - isn't the right one.
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Because that's the SELF-DECLARING population of trans people OVERALL, not trans women (usually cited as most at risk), and the number of
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trans women out there living as women might not actually correspond to the number of self-declared trans women. So to be honest Im not sure
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This is a good/smart question but the answer is that it's not clear. Not only are we not sure how many trans women there are but also...
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...no one keeps accurate statistics on how many are murdered. Individual cases are publicized but who knows how many cases we don't know of.
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We think the number is high for the population because the number of trans women who report violence and fear of violence is high...
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...bc we know some trans women are targeted for being trans, & bc sex workers are at risk for violence & many trans women do sex work.
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