It’s Transgender Day of Remembrance as I write this and this year it feels more urgent than ever to take time and remember the transgender people whose lives were taken due to anti-transgender violence. Our lives right now during these times of COVID-19 are getting more and more isolated, even as our technology makes it possible for us to have what seems like a constant stream of information from the outside. Still, internet things like algorithms and cookies are curating our view of the world in a way that makes it hard for us to see past our own little corner. Unfortunately, 37 transgender people have been killed in the United States in 2020, the largest amount on record according to the Human Rights Campaign. Knowing that these hate crimes are often misreported or not categorized as such, it’s hard to determine the exact numbers of transgender people who have been murdered for being themselves through the years.
Local and national organizations that serve the Transgender community:
