#transgender-safety

#transgender-safety

An 18-year-old trans woman has been identified by police as the suspected shooter responsible for nine deaths in the small Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge. The tragedy has sparked an alarming wave of anti-trans rhetoric, with influential right-wing figures using it to spread dangerous misinformation on the prevalence of trans-perpetrated violence. "This will just get uglier now for us and for our community as a whole, when our attention should be on the care of these victims and to support communities,"

A man was kissing his transgender partner aboard a 6 train earlier this month when he was attacked by another passenger who yelled a homophobic slur and struck him with a sharp object, police said. The sudden attack, which unfolded just before 8 p.m. on Jan. 10, led to a verbal dispute that ultimately took a dangerous turn when the unknown assailant allegedly attacked the 28-year-old victim on the right side of his face, causing a laceration.

forced his way into the doorway, grabbed [Barnett] by her waist, fondled her breast and buttocks and proceeded to kiss her neck,