President Biden honored transgender People on Trans Day of Remembrance, which falls on Nov. 20 every year and serves to pay tribute to trans individuals who have misplaced their lives to violence.
“At this time, on Transgender Day of Remembrance we’re reminded that there’s extra to do [to] meet that promise, as we grieve the 26 transgender People whose lives had been taken this 12 months,” Mr. Biden said in a statement Monday.
“Whereas every one among these deaths is a tragedy – the true toll of these victimized is probably going even larger, with the vast majority of these focused being ladies of coloration,” Mr. Biden mentioned.
A report launched Monday by the Human Rights Marketing campaign serves to shine a light-weight on what the LGBTQ+ group referred to as an “epidemic of violence” towards the trans and gender non-conforming group within the U.S. — one which particularly impacts transgender ladies and transgender folks of coloration, who the report mentioned “are at elevated threat of deadly violence.”
“The chance is compounded for Black transgender ladies, who comprise the overwhelming majority of victims of deadly violence towards trans and gender non-conforming folks,” the report said.
In a separate assertion, Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned the U.S. affirms “the humanity and human rights of transgender individuals globally.”
“Trans people are part of each nation, each tradition, and each religion custom,” Blinken mentioned.
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Earlier this 12 months, the HRC declared a “state of emergency” for LGBTQ+ People for the primary time in its 40-year historical past. The group pointed to file numbers of anti-LGBTQ+ laws being launched throughout the nation, with over 220 particularly concentrating on trans folks, together with makes an attempt to restrict entry to sports activities groups, restrooms, locker rooms, gender-affirming care and inclusive college curricula.
Between Oct. 2022 and Sept. 2023, over 300 trans and gender-diverse folks all over the world had been reported murdered, in response to information compiled by nonprofit Transgender Europe.
“It’s everybody’s duty to make sure trans individuals can dwell full lives of dignity, with out worry of violence or hurt,” Blinken mentioned, including, “Till then, we are going to proceed to talk loudly and clearly to finish transphobic violence and murder.”
Regardless of hostile laws and heated political division over trans rights points, analysis signifies that younger individuals are more and more figuring out as trans and seeing themselves mirrored positively in tradition.
“We mustn’t ever be silent within the face of hate,” Mr. Biden mentioned, urging that we “recommit ourselves to by no means cease combating till all People can dwell free from discrimination.”
