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My man @Sketch posted a link to a transgender person (Blossom) who interrupted Beto's townhall speech yesterday.
Blossom went on about how Black Transgender folk are being killed and that their lives are endangered.
So I did a little research, and of all the Transgender folk killed last year, 75 percent of them have been black.
Last year 26 were killed, majority of them black.
This year, the count is up to 19, majority of them black.
https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-transgender-community-in-2019
And some of have been killed through horrifically violent means, one was burnt alive in an abandoned car.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc...man-23-found-dead-burned-car-florida-n1053006
What is behind all of this violence against Transgender folk, especially black transgender folk?
the term "epidemic" has been used.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/transgender-women-deaths.html
Thoughts on this?
Blossom went on about how Black Transgender folk are being killed and that their lives are endangered.
So I did a little research, and of all the Transgender folk killed last year, 75 percent of them have been black.
Last year 26 were killed, majority of them black.
This year, the count is up to 19, majority of them black.
https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-transgender-community-in-2019
And some of have been killed through horrifically violent means, one was burnt alive in an abandoned car.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc...man-23-found-dead-burned-car-florida-n1053006
What is behind all of this violence against Transgender folk, especially black transgender folk?
the term "epidemic" has been used.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/transgender-women-deaths.html
Thoughts on this?