Trans people over four times more likely to be victims of violent crime

Findings from the first study to examine victimization rates of transgender people using a nationally representative sample Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple assault, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. In addition, households with a transgender person had higher rates of property victimization than cisgender households. Researchers analyzed pooled data from...