Violence against black transgender women in Houston area

HOUSTON (FOX 26) — There has been an increase in violence against the transgender community throughout the U.S., specifically, against black transgender women. In 2018, more than twenty deaths of transgender people have been reported, mostly black transgender women.

At the end of 2015, black transgender women accounted for 17 out of the 22 total deaths of transgender women in the U.S.  

University of Houston-Clear Lake associate professor and author William T. Hoston and Mia Ryan discuss the disturbing statistics with Isiah Carey.