If those subjects are valid for this thread, then it is also relevant to point out that transpeople of both genders are subject to a disproportionate amount of violence due to their gender identity. This case is quite prominent, and the fact that Brianna Ghey's parents say that she had been subjected to bullying because of her gender.
This case is shocking because it's actually very, very, very unusual. Since 2009, only ten trans-identified males have been murdered in the UK. This is the first such murder since 2019, so there were no such cases in 2020, 2021, or 2022, and Brianna Ghey is the first trans teenager to be murdered perhaps ever in the UK.
Of the ten trans women and girls murdered since 2009, five lived in London, one in Manchester, two in the Midlands (Salford and Worcestershire), one in Brighton and now one in Cheshire, in between Liverpool and Manchester. Three were killed by sex buyers, six were in their 20s and 30s including all three of the victims of sex buyers; three were in their 40s to 60s and now one teenage trans girl. Only two of the ten murders including Brianna Ghey's contained a possible or explicit transphobic or homophobic motive, the others were related to prostitution, drugs or were domestic murders - including one killed by another trans woman.
Data from here:
https://kareningalasmith.com/2021/04/21/counting-dead-trans-people/
If there have been further cases within the UK missed by this survey, obviously they should be added and the picture adjusted. But I doubt anyone will recall a murder of a trans teenager in the UK happening before.
This case reminds me a little of the death of 17 year old Sophie Lancaster in 2007, killed evidently for looking different - Sophie was a goth, there was a large outcry but no wave of violence against goths, geeks or other teenage subcultures really followed.
The murder of under-16s remains rare - 59 cases in the latest stats for the previous year - with most killed by family members, fewer by strangers. The murder of teenagers is a little more common, but teenagers killing other teenagers is typically big-city gang-related. Those are somewhat on the rise especially in London, with repeated cases of murders in knife attacks being regularly reported, but the highest number of knife homicides in general was in 2017/2018 (281 fatalities, versus 235 in 2021/2021).
Hate crimes in the UK are now much better recorded, the overwhelming majority in the latest stats for 2021/2022 are racially motivated; violence against gays and lesbians runs at five times the absolute rate of violence against transgender people.
https://www.gov.uk/government/stati...022/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022
for the data tables - the appendix tables give more of a breakdown
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022
One can see that transgender people experience 2.6% of all hate crimes including public order offences, stalking/harassment and physical violence, which eventually breaks down into 391 out of 10,279 cases of 'violence with physical injury' recorded as hate crimes. No further breakdown by age or gender identity (trans men vs trans women) is given.
The comparable stat for 'sexual orientation' is 2,136 - so 2,136 reported crimes inflicting physical injuries on gay men and lesbian women. 'Gay-bashing' is apparently alive and well long after schools, the media, culture and society moved on to be more accepting.
There are 4,204 secondary schools in the UK, a high proportion of which now have multiple trans-identifying pupils, whose social transition is encouraged and feted by many of the schools. How much bullying of trans pupils goes on has not previously been reported; the tone of reporting is that schools are going out of their way to be supportive of trans children and teenagers.
There are reportedly several trans pupils at Brianna Ghey's school, and yes there are now reports Brianna was bullied at school for years. Why bullying escalated to murder is currently unclear.
