Reading the world report of LGBT rights on page 168 really made me realize how privileged I am to live in America. I consider myself to be a very knowing person and I keep up with new reports on such LGBT rights and just do my own investigations like this on the Human Rights Campaign on occasion. I know that it’s been seven years since this report was revealed, however, to read this compiled in a physical book, really makes me think further and understand better at how blessed I am to live in a country that’s very progressive. Reading the part about how in Iraq they literally kidnap people torture them and mutilate and kill “suspected” gay men or not masculine-enough men, really paints a mental horror picture in your head. Being a gay person paints that image twice as bad. The situation that happened in Honduras, with transwomen disappearing, I’ve never even read about. It’s extremely scary knowing how awful and inhumane the world treats transwomen and all transpeople. To compare this report to today, I know that in America during 2016, 27 transwomen were murdered, majority of which were black transwomen and that doesn’t include the number of those individuals who were not reported, investigated or misgendered. It does provide a scary picture and I would say it also shows us that life for transpeople hasn’t gotten any better since 2010. It’s a very scary time for transpeople, but I do hope that within the upcoming years it changes for the better for them, but considering the people in our government offices right now I wouldn’t hold my breath.
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