"Sixty-one percent of the transgender people lost to suicide were between ages 15 and 24, a finding the report connects directly to the dismantling of youth protections, the loss of crisis resources such as the LGBTQ-specific 988 suicide crisis line option 3 ended by the Trump administration in June, and the continued spread of misinformation about gender identity from the highest levels of government."
""We are in an extraordinary moment in the fight for trans lives," the report warns, describing a federal landscape in which crucial health research has been censored, civil rights protections rolled back, and references to transgender people stripped from public-facing government resources. In January, when President Donald Trump returned to office, he issued a series of executive orders forcing federal agencies to cease recognizing trans and nonbinary people."
"In an interview with The Advocate, Bahari Thomas, A4TE's director of public education, stated that the report's findings reflect structural truths that have long shaped the lives of transgender people in the United States. "At the intersections of racism, transphobia, and misogyny, we have these disproportionate impacts on Black trans women," Thomas said. "Not only when it comes to physical violence, but also other forms of violence - lack of access to resources, housing, jobs - things that really impact their ability to thrive.""
Over the past year, 27 transgender and gender-nonconforming people were killed violently and 21 died by suicide. Sixty-one percent of those lost to suicide were ages 15–24, a trend linked to dismantled youth protections, elimination of the LGBTQ-specific 988 crisis line option, and widespread government misinformation about gender identity. Federal actions have censored crucial health research, rolled back civil rights protections, and removed references to transgender people from public government resources. Executive orders in January required federal agencies to stop recognizing trans and nonbinary people. Structural racism, transphobia, and misogyny disproportionately harm Black trans women through violence and deprivation of housing, employment, and services.
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