I don’t think President Eisenhower ever thought of transgender people when the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was founded in 1957.
But today the horrific killings of transgender women of color is too much to be ignored. In 2018, 82 percent of recorded transgender homicides were of women of color.
So it was critical that the commission examine the violence against transgender women of color as part of its larger investigation of racial disparities among crime victims.
Today, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, as a commissioner, I am proud to present to Congress and the White House our findings and my recommendations to address the rising violence and killings of transgender women of color.