2021 marked a new record. Not a good one. Certainly not one that anyone should be proud of. You see, 2021 was the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans. At least 45 transgender individuals were murdered in "horrifying acts of violence". These were just the murders reported. A recent report by the Williams Institute documented that transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime.
Violence and murder against transgender individuals is not new. What is disturbing about this new trend in the US, however, is that over 100 anti-trans bills were proposed by lawmakers across 37 states. I'd like to say that this is just a problem with the United States, but it sadly, is not.
The global data from our Franklin & Marshall College Global Barometer of Transgender Rights (GBTR) suggests that 72 percent of countries in the world are persecuting of the human rights of transgender people. Only 4 percent of countries are protecting of the human rights of transgender people.
The United States, in fact, receives a failing grade when it comes to the protection of the human rights of transgender people.
2019 Global Barometer of Transgender Rights World Map
The most protecting countries in the world for transgender people are Denmark, Norway and Uruguay. The most persecuting: Malaysia, South Sudan, Syria and Uzbekistan. Western Europe is the most rights-protecting region while the Middle East/Northern Africa is the most persecuting.
There is hope, however. The GBTR mean score for all countries (204 measured) rose from 40.8 in 2011 to 45.8 in 2019. However, there is a long way to go before transgender people are afforded the same human rights protections as their cis-gender citizens. Let's hope that 2022 will ring in a new year for greater transgender human rights protections rather than less.
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