Executive Summary
Hateful rhetoric and violence against transgender people has become a feature of society and politics across the globe in recent years,1 but in the US—where there are more guns than people2—it often turns lethal. To better understand the risk factors for violence against transgender people, and the role firearms play, Everytown Research analyzed over 200 homicides of transgender and gender-expansive people3 in the United States and Puerto Rico from 2017 to 2022. The findings from this research warrant renewed calls for strong gun violence prevention policies that keep guns out of the wrong hands, such as laws that require background checks on all gun sales, raise the age to purchase a gun, and disarm domestic abusers. They also highlight the need to combat discrimination against trans people and to manage upstream risk factors, like housing insecurity, inequality, and poverty in order to help save trans lives.
Link:
https://everytownresearch.org/report/how-guns-fuel-violence-against-transgender-people-in-america/