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Originally Posted by Reba
Do you mean that 60% of all transgender people have been murdered? Where did you get that figure? (Especially if the FBI isn't tracking them.)
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I have been looking everywhere around the internet and I seems can't find it but this is the best I can find.
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Transgendered people may experience greater disparities than any other group in being the victims of violence. And transgendered people have been excluded from almost every hate crime bill, whether at the Federal, State or local level.6 (Only four states have included transgendered people in their hate crimes laws—Minnesota (1993), California (1998), Vermont (2000), and Missouri (2000).7) The first major study on violence and discrimination against transgendered people in the United States8 found that 60 percent experienced some form of harassment and/or violence sometime during their lives, and 37 percent experienced some form of economic discrimination.9
trans-health.com: WHAT WE DON’T KNOW: The Unaddressed Health Concerns of the Transgendered
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And other I found there is 31 percent of transgender commit suicide.
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Rather the Transsexuals here have the problem that our external sex doesn't match our mind sex. Those who are TS either Male to Female (MTF) or Female to Male (FTM) go through extreme depression, confusion, suicidal thoughts, horribly low self esteem, hatred and taunts, discrimination of all kinds. Worse yet some suffer violence bad enough to result in serious injury or even death. Our pre-op suicide rate runs 31% from some estimates. Over 50% of TS teens will have had at least one suicide attempt by their 20th birthday. A Gender Therapist claims that the suicide rate is 9 times above the average. No matter who's right they all agree that its the highest for any group. Most Transsexual people have at least thought of suicide if not actually trying it.
Transsexual Support, Transexuals, TS, Tranny, Web Site. Transsexuals are from Venus too. mtf, ftm
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Injustices happen to non-transgender victims also. There are many cases where jail sentences aren't strict enough for the perps. I don't think a hate crime law will solve the court problem.
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But it will help reduce the hate crime.
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No, I don't support killers having the right to vote. Most felons lose their right to vote, and that's the way it should be.
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Then support this hate crime law.