Report finds 75% of US trans murder victims died by gun violence
A new report by Everytown for Gun Safety, an American gun control advocacy organisation, found 3 out of 4 trans and gender diverse people murdered in 2020 were victims of gun violence.
Black trans lives matter
Trans Day of Remembrance 2020
Friday November 20 is the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR).
Philadelphia man arrested for killing trans woman in June
Akhenaton Jones, a 36-year-old male, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a transgender woman in Philadelphia last June.
Report shows 350 trans people have been killed in 2020
A new report from Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT), published in the run up to Trans Day of Remembrance, says 350 trans people have been killed so far this year.
34th trans person killed in the US
Angel Haynes, a 25-year-old black trans woman, is the 34th trans person to have been killed in the US this year after she was shot in a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Update: Trans activist Monica Roberts killed by motorist
Houston police have announced transgender activist Monica Roberts, who was pronounced dead at 58 last week, may have been killed in a hit and run incident.
Black trans woman killed in Louisiana
Brooklyn DeShuna Smith, 20, is the 32nd known transgender person to have been killed in the US this year after she was found dead last Wednesday in Shreveport, Louisiana.