One month after Leslie released this work – which liberates the history of trans and gender non-conforming people from behind the lock and key of capitalist oppression – revolutionary Black transgender advocate Marsha P. Oppressed people might very well respond: “We are a million miles away from that!” The odds for survival are still stacked very high against transgender and gender non-conforming people.īut trans liberation also seemed far away almost 30 years ago, in 1992, when Leslie Feinberg released hir groundbreaking pamphlet, “Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come.” (Free download at /y5vg2r43.) “Transgender liberation” is a phrase that may seem like a distant dream right now. The figures do not count the countless trans people who have died by suicide, died due to inadequate healthcare and/or constant mistreatment, or died unhoused on the streets.Ĭapitalist war on trans and gender non-conforming people Those figures do not count the countless trans people who died “in the closet,” not having publicly revealed their identity, or those whose deaths were covered up by hateful family members.

Transgender sex workers were 62 percent of the people who died. Of these killings, 98 percent were committed against transgender women and trans feminine people, primarily Black trans women and other trans women of color. Since 2008, at least 3,600 transgender people have been murdered worldwide. Over 30 murders of transgender people have been recorded in the country, with 350 murders recorded worldwide. As of today, 2020 is the deadliest year on record for transgender violence in the U.S.

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Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg