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Originally Posted by PuyoPiyo
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
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"Some form of harassment and/or violence" isn't the same as 60% being killed.
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trans-health.com: WHAT WE DON’T KNOW: The Unaddressed Health Concerns of the Transgendered
And other I found there is 31 percent of transgender commit suicide.
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Do you
really believe a hate crime law will change that?
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But it will help reduce the hate crime.
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How? Will it prevent hate? Isn't that the root problem? How do you change people's hearts, beliefs and attitudes?
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Then support this hate crime law.
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That has nothing to do with changing police and court procedures.
How do you legislate emotions? You can't.
You can legislate
behavior. We already have laws against assault and murder. That is a
behavior. If you don't believe transgender people are getting a fair shake with police and the courts, then that's where the effort is needed. Creating a new law that won't get enforced, or gets enforced selectively or incorrectly, won't help anyone.