Notably, while these numbers from the National Center for Transgender Equality's (NCTE) annual remembrance report have grown since last year, some experts say that the real number of lives lost is likely higher due to the difficulties in accurate reporting and data within the trans community.
According to the FBI's national crime statistics released in October 2023, there was a 32.9% jump in reported hate crimes based on gender identity from the previous year.
Heng-Lehtinen noted that these numbers are obviously completely out of proportion to the general population and emblematic of a horrible state of affairs.
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