Whether It S In Orlando Or Chicago Queer And Trans People Of Color Are More Likely To Face Violence

      Many of the early reports and responses to the mass-casualty shooting at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub decry the tragedy as one fueled by anti-LGBTQ hate, or     as murders committed by an ISIS sympathizer. With the news that the perpetrator reportedly attended the club on several occasions, and even may have used     gay dating apps, internalized fear and hatred of LGBTQ people may even come into the fore. Indeed, these issues aren’t mutually exclusive and are important     areas of focus while trying to make sense of a senseless crime.



      Yet in recent years, most news reports about violence against LGBTQ people have come at the expense of black or Latinx people, especially those who are     transgender or gender nonconforming. As noted by the National LGBTQ Task Force, of the     roughly two dozen trans women and gender-nonconforming people who were murdered by the fall of 2015, the majority of them were black or Latinx.