LGBTQ people are more likely to be jailed

Mic - LGBTQ people are three times as likely to be incarcerated as the general U.S. population, and are more likely to experience violence and abuse while incarcerated. Black and Brown people, as we know, are also disproportionately targeted by police and the criminal justice system. When these identities overlap, the repercussions for those individuals can be particularly devastating. For trans women of color, the experience of being stopped and harassed by the police is so common that many call it “walking while trans,” explains Kayla Gore, an organizer in Memphis with the Transgender Law Center and Southernors on New Ground