Remembering Transgender Victims of Violence

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Run time: 02:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01KiwqLTJlI   Posted on YouTube: November 25, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: November 25, 2009 By DU Member: mystieus Views on DU: 277

 
In 128 cities in 17 countries last week, people gathered to remember transgender victims of violence. This year alone, more than 160 transgender people have been murdered—and that's just the ones we know of. Because of a lack of understanding of gender identity issues, it is nearly impossible for organizations such as Transgender Europe to track down all actual cases of violence against trans people, or to determine whether they are all hate crimes, but the brutality involved in many of them implies that they are.