Idaho Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond to Shooting of Transgender Woman at Towne Square Mall
10.27.2021
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10.27.2021
BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots networks, released the following statement after Jo Acker, a 26-year old trans woman, was identified as one of the people who was shot and killed in Monday’s shooting at Towne Square Mall in Boise.
“Transgender women continue to be shot and killed at alarming rates in our country,” said Jacquelyn Hamilton, a volunteer with the Idaho chapter of Moms Demand Action. “We need action to prevent more families from having loved ones taken by this public health crisis — starting with our state lawmakers next session.”
Jo is at least the 42nd transgender or gender non-conforming person to be killed in 2021 in the United States and Puerto Rico, although it’s likely there have been more deaths that have gone unreported or victims who have been misgendered. Jo was not initially recognized as transgender until her friends and social media confirmed her identity.
2020 was the deadliest year on record for trans and gender nonconforming people in the U.S., with at least 44 people being shot and killed. Some trends from 2017 to 2020 that are on track to continue in 2021:
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund has tracked homicides of transgender and gender non-comforming people in the U.S. since 2017. In addition to breaking down gun violence to the state- and county-level, the platform includes a database of known trans or gender nonconforming homicide victims in the United States.
Did you know?
Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.
Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.
Last updated: 11.8.2024
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