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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I care about both. They are not unrelated either. Transgender people face higher than average rates of sexual assault, and forcing them to use the bathroom assigned to the gender they were assigned at birth increases the risk [/quote]

Around 50% of women report sexual violence other than rape during their lifetime, and 18% have experienced rape or attempted rape. 50% of transgender people report sexual violence other than rape during their lifetime, and 21% have experienced rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. There's not a big difference.

The high murder rates of trans women overall and the murder rates of women overall per 100,000 are the same as of 2014.

The higher rates of murder are mostly transgender women who work as prostitutes (just like prostitutes overall face astronomically higher murder rates than the general population). Bathroom laws will not make any significant impact on the sexual assault rate. To decrease these rates in a meaningful way, we should fight for legislation that improves the protection and rights of prostitutes, legislation that decriminalizes prostitution (but continues to hold solicitation of a prostitute or pimping illegal), offers prostitutes economic/emotional/legal support for exiting the industry. Domestic violence is also a significant factor that should be targeted for reducing violence against trans people.

The issue is violence against women. The issue is sexual exploitation and degradation for profit and pleasure. Care about bathroom access, yes, of course. But focusing on it and believing that it will decrease sexual assault obfuscates the real issues.[/quote]

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