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Thursday 17 November 2022
Report: At least 32 transgender people killed in U.S. in 2022

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM rector for the HRC Founda-
Associated Press/Report for tion, said this year’s report
America comes amid the largest re-
At least 32 transgender corded wave of anti-trans
and gender-nonconform- legislation at the state level,
ing people have been which she said has largely
killed in the United States been fueled by disinforma-
in 2022, the Human Rights tion and stigma.
Campaign announced Some bills sought to limit
Wednesday in its annual discussion of LGBTQ topics
report ahead of the Trans- in schools, restrict gender-
gender Day of Remem- affirming health care, and
brance. prevent transgender chil-
Transgender people of dren from playing on sports
color account for 81% of teams or using bathrooms
known victims this year, that align with their gender
and 59% were Black. Trans identities.
women are disproportion- Such bills, she said, fuel an-
ately represented, as they ti-GBTQ sentiment by paint-
have been in years past, ing queer and transgender
also comprising 81% of the people as a risk to children
deaths recorded at the and communities.
time of publication. A demonstrator holds up a sign during a march to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility States have enacted 25
The Human Rights Cam- in Lisbon, March 31, 2022. Associated Press anti-LGBTQ bills so far this
paign has documented at year, including 17 directed
least 302 violent deaths of prise 63% of all recorded news or police reports. The those whose killer is known at transgender people, ac-
transgender and gender- victims since 2013. data does not encompass were killed by an intimate cording to the report.
nonconforming people This week is Transgender those who died by suicide, partner. Among them is More than 145 anti-trans-
since the LGBTQ advocacy Awareness Week and leads which has also been doc- Ray Muscat, 26, who was gender bills have been in-
organization began track- into Sunday’s Transgender umented at significantly fatally shot by his girlfriend troduced across 34 states,

ing such fatalities in 2013 Day of Remembrance, an higher rates among LGBTQ in May in Michigan. marking the largest number
the same year the FBI be- international observance people than in the general Fewer deaths have been recorded by the Human
gan tracking hate crimes honoring those killed by population. reported than at the time Rights Campaign in a state
against transgender peo- anti-transgender violence The report found that 15 of the publication of last legislative session.
ple. The victims have been and drawing attention to trans people have been year’s report 47. In 2021, the Although the bills do not di-
“overwhelmingly Black, un- the threats trans people killed by police or while in- Human Rights Campaign rectly encourage violence
der 35 and killed with a fire- face. The Human Rights carcerated in jails, prisons recorded its highest total of against LGBTQ people,
arm,” the report states. Campaign notes that the or ICE detention centers fatal violence against trans Goldberg said, they en-
Black transgender women, number of fatalities is likely since 2013, including two and gender-nonconform- force a culture of bias that
such as Shawmaynè Giselle an undercount because this year. ing people, with 57 deaths is often exacerbated by
Marie, a 27-year-old nurs- the deaths of trans people Other victims were killed by by the year’s end. racism and sexism and can
ing assistant killed in June in often go unreported or the a person they knew. Since Shoshana Goldberg, public lead to an increased risk of
Gulfport, Mississippi, com- victims are misgendered in 2013, nearly one-fifth of education and research di- fatal violence. q

Wrong way vehicle hit 22 LA County sheriff’s recruits on run

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A visor Janice Hahn said, The crash occurred just be- trol Assistant Chief Char- ambulances, an SUV with
vehicle that struck 22 Los adding that she was fo- fore 6:30 a.m. in suburban lie Sampson said about severe front-end damage
Angeles County sheriff’s cusing on the cadets who Whittier, where a training 75 recruits were running in straddling a toppled pole
recruits on a training run were injured to pull through academy is located. formation northbound in on a sidewalk, as well as nu-
around dawn Wednesday, this. California Highway Pa- the street when the south- merous individuals nearby
critically injuring at least bound vehicle veered into in uniform workout clothes.
five of them, was traveling the opposing lane and Close by was also a 25 mph
on the wrong side of the struck the victims. (40 kph) speed limit sign.
road just before the crash, Sampson identified the Running shoes and a back-
authorities said.A total of driver a 22-year-old man pack were strewn around
23 people were injured, from suburban Diamond the scene.
including the driver, said Bar but withheld his name. “Our hearts are with the Los
Los Angeles County Fire Sampson said the driver Angeles County Sheriff’s re-
Department spokesperson was cooperating with in- cruits injured this morning
Capt. Sheila Kelliher. vestigators. All possibilities, while training to serve their
In addition to the five who ranging from an intentional communities,” Gov. Gavin
were critically injured, there act to impaired driving, will Newsom said in a state-
were four with moderate in- be investigated, he said. ment. “Jennifer and I send
juries and 14 with minor inju- Sampson said he did not our best wishes for their re-
ries. The driver was among have results of a field sobri- covery and stand with their
those with minor injuries, Two investigators stand next to a mangled SUV that struck Los ety test. loved ones and colleagues
she said. Angeles County sheriff’s recruits in Whittier, Calif., Wednesday, TV news helicopter broad- at the Los Angeles County
“I am personally heart sick,” Nov. 16, 2022. casts showed a large re- Sheriff’s Department during
Los Angeles County Super- Associated Press sponse of firefighters and this difficult time.”q