The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) tracked violent fatal incidents against transgender and gender non-conforming people throughout 2020, with the year being the most violent since records began in 2013 due to a total of 44 fatalities.
However, this has now been surpassed by 2021 because of 28-year-old Marquiisha Lawrence’s tragic death – with the actual number expected to be far higher as these stories often go misreported or unreported entirely. “With 45 recorded deaths, we’ve reached yet another tragic milestone this year,” a statement from Tori Cooper, HRC Director of Community Engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative said. “Marquiisha was clearly loved by so many..