Gun Violence in America
LGBTQ+
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Facts
Guns have been used in the vast majority of fatal killings of transgender and gender non-conforming people. The Fatal Violence Against Transgender and Gender-Expansive People 2024 Report shows the following:
- From 2014–2024, 258 transgender and gender non-conforming victims of fatal violence were killed with a gun—approximately seven in 10 (69.4 percent) of all fatalities recorded to date.
- Guns were used in all police-involved killings.
- Three-quarters (76.6 percent) of Black trans women killed since 2013 were killed by a gun.
- More than two-thirds (69.4 percent) of transgender and gender non-conforming people killed under the age of 35 were killed with a gun.
Possible Solutions Underway
Timely and accurate data on LGBTQ+ hate crimes are essential to understanding and preventing these crimes. Strengthen gun law protections, including:
- Enact Disarm Hate legislation to prevent individuals convicted of hate-motivated offenses—even misdemeanors—from legally possessing firearms. —Giffords
- Support federal versions like the Disarm Hate Act (H.R. 5435 / S. 2776) and, at the state level, replicate efforts already in states like California, New York, and Florida. —Giffords
- Expand common-sense gun reforms: universal background checks, limits on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, safe-storage rules, and Extreme Risk (“red flag”) laws. —Everytown
- Advocate for policy reform—contact elected officials to support federal and state legislation like the Disarm Hate Act and safe-storage requirements.