report honoring the 47 who lost their lives to violence, as well as a webpage honoring 13 other trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming individuals whose deaths have not yet been ruled homicides.The report authors note that stigma, bias, and systemic discrimination heighten and even exacerbate the vulnerability of transgender individuals.
At the same time, legislators in various states have introduced more than 130 bills targeting transgender individuals, especially transgender youth, with at least 25 of those bills being enacted across eight states.