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Murders of transgender people primarily motivated by ‘intimate partner violence’ — not hate: report

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Nava, V. (2026, September 23). Murders of transgender people primarily motivated by ‘intimate partner violence’ — not hate: report. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/us-news/transgender-people-have-lower-murder-rate-than-general-population-crimes-usually-committed-by-partners-report/

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Researchers Vincent Lundgren and Colin Wright from the Manhattan Institute report that transgender people are less likely to be murdered than the general US population, and when they are killed, it is usually due to intimate partner violence rather than hate crimes. They found that confirmed hate crimes account for only 3.3% of cases among their studied sample and noted that in 2020 no white suspects were identified in verified transgender murder cases. The report also indicates that between 2010-2014, the transgender homicide rate was about one-seventh of the general population's rate.

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Vincent Lundgren and Colin Wright from the Manhattan Institute published a report challenging claims by organizations like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) that there is an "epidemic" of deadly hate crimes against transgender people. According to their findings, transgender individuals are murdered at lower rates than the overall US population. When these murders do occur, intimate partner violence, rather than hate or transphobia, is identified as the primary motive in most cases. In instances where suspects were identified, 65% of perpetrators were black, while only 18% were white. The report argues that this pattern does not support claims linking such violence to broader systemic issues like "white supremacy."

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Transgender people are murdered at lower rates than the overall US population – and when they are, the killer’s primary motive is usually not bias, according to a pair of researchers. uncertain

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The findings, published by the right-leaning Manhattan Institute’s Vincent Lundgren and Colin Wright earlier this year, seemingly debunk claims by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and other nonprofit organizations that there is an “epidemic” of deadly violence against the trangender community driven by “transphobia” and even “white supremacy.” uncertain

findings → publish → transphobia

“Transgender people are less likely to be murdered than the rest of the population, most transgender people are murdered by members of their own race, and intimate partner violence — not hate — is the leading identified motive for most such murders,” Lundgren and Wright found. In the cases where suspects were identified, black suspects accounted for 65% of perpetrators, while white suspects accounted for 18%. asserted

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“This finding is not the result of one bad year or a handful of outlier cases,” the researchers stated. asserted

researchers → state → cases

The report noted that in 2020 – the year HRC attributed the deaths of “our Black trans siblings” to “an epidemic of violence” fueled by “systems of white supremacy” – not a single white suspect was identified in the cases the Manhattan Institute researchers verified. asserted

researchers → note → cases

Confirmed hate crimes were only found in 3.3% of cases the Manhattan Institute studied. asserted

Institute → confirm → cases

“The leading identified circumstance of the murders was instead intimate partner violence,” the researchers wrote. asserted

researchers → lead → murders

“Other common circumstances included sex-work encounters, disputes, robbery, and other forms of interpersonal conflict.” asserted

circumstances → include → conflict

“In other words, the dominant pattern is not hateful white men hunting down black transgender victims because of racism and transphobia,” they continued. asserted

they → hunt → racism

“It is violence between people who know each other, sleep with each other, live around each other, or encounter each other in high-risk contexts.” asserted

who → know → contexts

The researchers also found that between 2010-2014 the transgender murder rate was roughly one-seventh what it was for the general population. asserted

it → find → population

During that 5-year stretch, 3.66 per 100,000 transgender people were murdered. asserted

3.66 → murder → people

They found the homicide rate of young black transgender women (69% of all victims) to be “approximately one quarter that of young Black non-transgender men.” asserted

rate → find → men

“Misleadingly, these male victims are usually compared with black non-transgender women (females), which makes their homicide rate look unusually high for ‘women,’” the researchers noted. asserted

researchers → compare → women

HRC did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. asserted

HRC → respond → comment

Murders of transgender people primarily motivated by ‘intimate partner violence’ — not hate: report

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