QueerDefenseFront
LGBTQ+ rights are under attack across the world.
This a Community dedicated to the discussion of how to protect, advocate for, and restore LGBTQ rights!
With the rampant increase of Anti LGBTQ+ hate crimes, speech and laws internationally, the LGBTQ community globally no longer feels safe.
We refuse to stand by while injustice against our community reigns.
Here we will organize, and discuss ways to make our voices heard!
Link to QDL Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Queerdefensefront/s/s1JGAmJK9d
Link to QDL Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/ng7DZqP6pf
Community Rules:
- No Hate Speech
No Hate Speech allowed whatsoever. This is a O tolerance policy. This goes for any form of hate and/or bigotry regarding race, religion, or LGBTQ+ identities.
While we will have discussions on political issues dealing with hate and bigotry AGAINST the LGBTQ+ community, please keep your comments respectful of ail parties.
Be better than how your enemies treat you.
- Respect the trans community
Respect the people who belong here. If you're confused what that means, here's a minor primer:
No asking to date trans people or otherwise meet up with them. No treating being transgender as a mental illness or as being lesser in any way. No arguing with trans people about their identity. No arguing with trans people about their vulnerabilities, including anything related to sports, laws, etc. This includes anything else that the mod team deems disrespectful.
- Stay on topic!
Posts should be related to the defense, advocacy, and restoration of LGBTQ+ rights.
This Community is for news regarding, as well as the discussion of, anti LGBTQ+ laws, hate crimes, and propaganda.
- Bunnies are above the law
This isn't a rule but it shows you're paying attention to the rules. good for you!
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Is it actually that high?
Mass Shootings in Last 10 Years: 4917 (Source)
Estimates for trans people 13+ range from 0.8% to 5%
If mass shootings were evenly distributed by that metric we should have between 39-246 perpetrated by trans people.
Politifact has slightly different numbers (and does a lot of explaining on how there are so many definitions of mass shootings which makes it so hard to analyze evenly) and counts 7 trans shooters.
Looking at 5 trans shooters out of 4917 shootings gives us a trans shooter rate of 0.10%.
98% of shooters are CIS men according to the Politifact numbers. CIS women are 2%.
Thank you very much for this detail.
Of course! The real numbers are even lower than I had guessed.
Other searches show trans folk are 4x more likely to be victims of violence, 2x more likely to be victims of property crimes like vandalism, are half as likely to report being victimized (Source), and even over 2x more likely to be the victims of violence or sexual violence by an intimate partner. (Source)
Instead of finding new ways to victimize trans people, this should really be setting off alarm bells everywhere that they are criminally underserved by our legal system!
It's about a tenth of a percent. There are way too many mass shootings.