Justice department funds research into gender dysphoria and violent crime in latest anti-trans effort
Summary
The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice is offering up to $1 million for research into violence by people diagnosed and treated for gender dysphoria. The funding comes amid Trump administration actions affecting transgender people and has drawn criticism from advocates and legal experts, who say it could wrongly focus attention on transgender people rather than other factors linked to violence.Key Facts
- The National Institute of Justice said it would grant up to $1 million for studies of the frequency and type of violence committed by people diagnosed and treated for gender dysphoria.
- The article says the Trump administration has sought to limit transgender people's access to health care and identity documents that reflect their gender identity.
- Wendy Via of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism said the administration has portrayed transgender people as more likely to commit extremist violence.
- The article says researchers identify views such as racism, homophobia, misogyny and nihilism—not a single personal characteristic—as common among many high-profile attackers.
- The article states that most mass shootings in the United States have been carried out by cisgender people, while noting that transgender and non-binary people have also committed some mass shootings.
- The article says a White House counterterrorism report included addressing left-wing violence and what it called “transgender ideologies.”
- The Department of Health and Human Services recently published a report examining claims about gender identity and left-wing authoritarian psychology.
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