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2023-04-02 17:30:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 371A9265158B6ED2E15B1B9B7F8E7AC22E61EFDCBEF70D772B506A8D16C6AF8C
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37 people who identified as transgender were killed in 2020 (latest statistics). https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/marking-the-deadliest-year-on-record-hrc-releases-report-on-violence-against-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-people There were 21,570 murders in the US in 2020. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/27/what-we-know-about-the-increase-in-u-s-murders-in-2020/ 1.9% of the US population identifies as transgender. Transgenders are murdered at a lower rate than Americans as a whole. There is no epidemic.
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