by Laura Evans

August 13, 2017

 

We’re only eight months into the year, but already more LGBTQ people have been killed in 2017 than all of 2016, according to a report from the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs.

As of this month, the organization counts 33 hate-violence-related homicides of LGBTQ people, topping last year’s total of 28—a number that excludes the 49 people killed in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting.

 According to Buzzfeed, 15 of those killed in 2017 so far have been trans women of color, and at least 12 were cisgender gay men. At this rate, the pacing breaks down to one hate-violence-related death every six days in 2017, versus one every 13 days in 2016.
Full article:
http://jezebel.com/more-lgbtq-have-been-killed-so-far-this-year-than-all-o-1797808478