Transgender inequality

Transgender inequality is the unequal protection received by transgender people in work, school, and society in general. Transgender people regularly face transphobic harassment. Ultimately, one of the largest reasons that transgender people face inequality is due to a lack of public understanding of transgender people.^[1]

Anti-transgender stigma leads to employment discrimination, exclusion from healthcare, and increased risks of poverty and homelessness, which in turn correspond to greater risks of fatal violence.^[2] Abuse and murder of transgender people is pervasive;^[3]^[4] in November 2021, "2021 was the deadliest year...of anti-transgender violence in the United States."^[5] Those who have died as a result of transphobia are commonly remembered on Transgender Day of Remembrance.^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ "Introduction to the Review". Equality and Human Rights Commission. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
^ "Human Rights Campaign Foundation Marks Ten Years of Tracking Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People, Recording 32 Fatalities in 2022". Human Rights Campaign. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ "Murders highlight violence, inequality that transgender North Carolinians have long faced". NC Policy Watch. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ "Tough Territory for Transgender People in the Middle East and North Africa". Human Rights Watch. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ Thoreson, Ryan (18 November 2021). ""I Just Try to Make It Home Safe": Violence and the Human Rights of Transgender People in the United States". Human Rights Watch.
^ "Trans Day of Remembrance". Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
^ "Transgender Day of Remembrance". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
^ Millen, Lainey (20 November 2008). "North Carolinians mark Transgender Remembrance Day". QNotes. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[1] "Introduction to the Review". Equality and Human Rights Commission. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[2] "Human Rights Campaign Foundation Marks Ten Years of Tracking Violence Against Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People, Recording 32 Fatalities in 2022". Human Rights Campaign. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[3] "Murders highlight violence, inequality that transgender North Carolinians have long faced". NC Policy Watch. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[4] "Tough Territory for Transgender People in the Middle East and North Africa". Human Rights Watch. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[5] Thoreson, Ryan (18 November 2021). ""I Just Try to Make It Home Safe": Violence and the Human Rights of Transgender People in the United States". Human Rights Watch.

[6] "Trans Day of Remembrance". Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

[7] "Transgender Day of Remembrance". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

[8] Millen, Lainey (20 November 2008). "North Carolinians mark Transgender Remembrance Day". QNotes. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

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