Due to intolerance and bigotry, 14 trans individuals are believed to have been killed in the United States this year, with 10 of the victims being trans women of colour.
Two of these murders occurred in the past week alone. 26 trans people were also killed in 2019, a majority of which were Black trans women. (Of course, these are only the murders that have been officially documented, and have taken place in the United States – it’s likely that there are many more undocumented murders of trans