WILMINGTON, Delaware – The President-elect released a statement today from his transition spaces honoring transgender Americans killed in this past year and reaffirming his commitment to the Trans community as his presidential administration forms: In so many ways, 2020 has been a year of tremendous suffering and loss.
For the transgender and gender-nonconforming communities in the United States, it has also been the most violent year on record.
At least 37 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed this year, most of them Black and Brown transgender women.
It’s intolerable. On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor their lives — and recommit to the work that remains to ensure that every transgender and