And Jesse Singal’s book review did AT LEAST half of them
https://twitter.com/thesarahkelly/status/1435722753156468737
Anyone who does even cursory research on the “trans murder epidemic” quickly realizes that the vast majority of these are not hate crimes. Trans people usually get murdered for the same reasons as anyone else—DV, drugs, random bad luck etc. HRC won’t say this but it’s true.
The narrative about trans murder was wrong when I wrote this in 2019 and it’s still wrong today. Journalists and editors should really stop taking activists’ claims as fact. thestranger.com/slog/2019/09/2…
One of the more fucked up aspects of activists/journalists/etc who spread the false narrative of the “trans murder epidemic” is that they are terrifying the exact population they claim to want to protect. It’s not helpful to tell people they’re at risk when they aren’t. Stop it!
If you hear day in and day out that you are going to be killed just because of your very existence it very well may limit how you live your life. Scaring people unnecessarily does not make you a good ally. It makes you an asshole.
Last thing on this: Even if there were a trans murder epidemic (and there is not), the people doing the killing would not be reading Jesse Singal. FIN.
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