And even when they get it right, if they don’t explicitly have something to flag the person as trans, then the data doesn’t get accounted for in crime statistics.
And speaking as a trans person, the last people I want to know that I’m transgender are the police, so even self under-reporting could be a factor
That seems really low to me for a global number, especially given how trans people are criminalized and villified in so many countries.
The villification is why the reported numbers are so low.
So many of us are robbed of our identity in death.
That’s a good point, thanks to deadnaming, this number could be VASTLY under-reported.
And even when they get it right, if they don’t explicitly have something to flag the person as trans, then the data doesn’t get accounted for in crime statistics.
And speaking as a trans person, the last people I want to know that I’m transgender are the police, so even self under-reporting could be a factor
Ya, my first thought was “wow i thought it would be much higher”. Glad it’s not though.
That’s what I was thinking… “Man, even for the US that seems low… wait, GLOBALLY?”