The data released on Trans Day of Remembrance in November showed that from the 350 trans and gender-diverse people who were registered murdered globally, 98% were trans women or trans feminine people and people of colour made up 79% of the 28 trans people murdered in the USA.

Here are some excerpts from a joint statement on Trans Day of Remembrance 2020​:

“In light of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, inequalities, systemic oppression, and violence by state and non-state actors are heightened. The realities of trans communities that are hugely marginalised and underrepresented, such as Black and people of colour, sex workers, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, Roma, people with disabilities, and those living with HIV, remain mostly unseen. Lack of access to healthcare, employment, housing, education, and justice, as well as stigmatisation and persecution, are just some of the results of the inaction of societies that do little or nothing to protect trans and gender-diverse people.

Trans activists and movements are persistently fighting to ensure that trans rights, policies, and legal measures protecting trans people are put in place. However, the lives of trans and gender-diverse people remain constantly at risk, particularly for those of us who are affected by racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, ableism and anti-sex worker sentiment and discrimination. Increasing hostility from anti-trans feminist groups, exclusion from mainstream LGBT groups, and the rise of political networks mobilising anti-gender movements severely aggravate these risks.”

At least 44 transgender or gender non-conforming people killed in the U.S. in 2020, the majority of whom were Black and Latinx trans women or trans feminine people.

Here’s a summary of a 13-step plan by journalist and trans activist Raquel Willis’ from her conversations with leading figures working daily to end this epidemic against trans women of color: https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/20/how-we-can-end-violence-against-trans-women-color