美國全國反暴力計劃聯盟(American National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs)關於2010年發生的針對LGBTQ的暴力的調查報告發現,27名因其LGBTQ身份遭到謀殺的人中,44%是跨性別女性[23]。非白人跨性別女性因身處種族歧視和跨性別恐懼的交叉,她們遭受的歧視尤其嚴重。例如,混血、拉丁裔、非裔和美國原住民跨性別女性在監獄中遭受性侵犯的可能性是白人跨性別女性的兩至三倍以上[24]。
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