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White House asked to investigate spike in murders of trans women
A petition has been placed on the White House website demanding for a federal investigation of the high number of murders of transgender women of color.
‘For transgender women of color, safety is a real and warranted concern,’ the petition says. ‘We are asking the administration to raise awareness and take action to keep this community safe, by conducting a formal investigation of these deaths occurring across the county to the targeted community of transgender women, particularly women of color.’
According to numbers provided by the Anti-Violence Project, since this past January there have been 14 homicides of transgender or gender non-conforming people, ’12 of whom were transgender women of color.’
To get a response from the White House, the petition must have 100,000 signatures by 10 September. As of this writing, 944 people have signed.
To sign, please go here.
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James Withers
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