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2023-04-03 00:39:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 909C0E09C5FA7F65296A705FF4B196DC1B4E3B407C695559F2B54F25A39B8308
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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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