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Did you know that on average, there was one queer person (pdf) killed a week in 2017? Most people don’t, and that’s a problem.

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Through July 2018, at least 19 transgender people were fatally shot or killed by other means. That number continues to climb by the week and many of these killings are happening to black and brown people.

Watch George Johnson break down how violence impacts the LGBTQ community above.

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