Violence Against Queer and TGNC People of Color

The presence of violence is widespread in the queer/gender minority community. Certain subgroups of this population, including queer people of color (QPOC) and transgender and gender-nonconforming people of color (TGNCPOC), are at a heightened risk of experiencing violence related to their multiple minority identities. Both qualitative and quantitative research have found that queer and transgender POC experience elevated rates of systemic, interpersonal, and identity-related violence. The multiple minority statuses of race, sexual orientation, and gender identity represent compounded minority stressors for queer and transgender POC, indicating that additional minority identities increase an individual’s risk for violence victimization.