Jan 7, 2021 · Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears, 34, a Black transgender woman, was stabbed to death in Portland, Oregon, on July 28. Rhone-Spears, also known as Rocky Rhones, had been at a vigil for Tyrell...

Jan 7, 2021 · According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the killing marks the 44th death of a U.S. based transgender and gender-nonconforming person in 2020 — the highest such number since HRC began tracking anti-trans violence.

Apr 20, 2021 · 2020 was the deadliest year on record for transgender people in the US, Insider database shows. Experts say it's getting worse. Riah Milton and Dominique Fells were killed less than 24 hours apart...

Nov 21, 2020 · As of Friday, a least 37 trans and gender nonconforming people have been killed this year in what the HRC called “an epidemic of violence.” Thousands rallied outside Brooklyn Museum in New York...

As HRC continues to work toward justice and equality for transgender and gender-expansive people, we mourn those we have lost in 2020: Dustin Parker, 25, was fatally shot in McAlester, Oklahoma, early on New Year’s Day.

Mela Habijan, the 2020 winner of the Miss Trans Global contest. Transgender women (often shortened to trans women) are women who were assigned male at birth.Trans women have a female gender identity and may experience gender dysphoria (distress brought upon by the discrepancy between a person's gender identity and their sex assigned at birth). [1] Gender dysphoria may be treated with gender ...

Nov 20, 2020 · Black, trans women account for 66% of individuals killed in 2020. Although progressive shifts in American culture have made it possible for greater numbers of trans and gender nonconforming people to live authentically, this epidemic of violence demonstrates that deadly transphobia continues to flourish.

Aug 7, 2020 · At least 28 transgender people have been murdered, or their death is suspicious, so far this year compared to 26 last year. According to data collected by the National Center for Transgender Equality, 23 of the victims were transgender women, four were transgender men and one was non-binary.

Nov 20, 2020 · F or Viviane Vergueiro Simakawa, Nov. 20—this year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance—is about imagining futures for the transgender and gender-diverse community as much as it is about mourning...

6 days ago · Transgender women in federal prisons are being told to hand over any female-identifying clothing and other commissary items, like women's razors and hair care, according to a new Bureau of...