{"id":58029,"date":"2017-11-17T14:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/when-will-it-end-documenting-the-u-s-epidemic-of-anti-trans-hate-violence-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T19:01:24","slug":"when-will-it-end-documenting-the-u-s-epidemic-of-anti-trans-hate-violence-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/when-will-it-end-documenting-the-u-s-epidemic-of-anti-trans-hate-violence-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"When will it end?: Documenting the U.S. epidemic of anti-trans hate violence in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

When will it end?: Documenting the U.S. epidemic of anti-trans<\/a> hate violence in 2017<\/b><\/p>\n

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It has been another deadly year for trans<\/a> people, with at least\u00a023 reported homicides<\/a> in the first ten months of 2017. This is sadly unsurprising in a year that began with the election of a man<\/a> to the White House who\u00a0has appointed\u00a0anti-LGBTQ\u00a0 individuals to his\u00a0administration\u00a0and has been littered with more discussions of transphobic legislation in\u00a0state legislatures\u00a0than any year in recent past. The appointment of anti-LGBTQ activists to White House positions merely serves to further validate and normalize anti-transgender attitudes among the general public. Recently, Trump became the first sitting president to speak at the Family Research Council’s Values Voter summit, a meeting of various groups united by negative opinions of and discriminatory actions against LGBTQ people. This comes just a few months after an official White House webpage posted a link directing readers to a Heritage Foundation article that referred to being transgender as a “psychological disorder.” For more information on Trump’s anti-LGBTQ aggressions, see Donald Trump: Trump Accountability Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the most alarming statistics about this year’s transgender victims are as follows:<\/h2>\n