This source is entitled “America’s war on trans women” by Annamarie Forestiere. Due to the fact that this text was written recently, they describe these hate crimes as a pandemic within a pandemic. During summer 2020, six black trans woman were murdered and all were under the age of 32 and were killed within 9 days. There however had been 26 victims by September 23rd 2020, and 27 victims the year before. The text then continues to show statistics created by organizations and groups that focus on human rights and LGBTQ+ rights. Those statistics tell us that there is a 26% unemployment rate for black transgendered individuals, and 41% of black trans people have been homeless. Furthermore 34% of black trans people have household incomes of less than 10,000, and more than half of their community has attempted suicide. Basically to sum up what these statistics mean, is that being a black trans individual in America is not a walk in the park by the slightest. It then continues to talk about how black trans individuals have one of the brightest hate crime rates against them than most people in the trans community. This article helps to further my research because it not only provides the necessary statistics i need but it also gives a look into how drastic and frequently occurring these hate crimes are. I whole heartedly agree with the notion that black trans individuals go through a lot in America and are at a huge disadvantage, this has been talked about all over social media and on news outlets.

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“This summer, six Black trans women, all under the age of 32, were murdered in the span of nine days. Their deaths are part of a horrifying pattern; hate crimes against transgender and gender non-conforming individuals have been on the rise for years, with the number of murders in 2020 already almost surpassing that of 2019.”

“Take the Trump Administration for an example. The current administration has exemplified a series of outright attacks against both racial/ethnic minorities and transgender people, the intersection of which leaves Black trans women subject to abuse at the hands of the law.”