was the kid still watching <| sep |> Trans women , in particular trans women of color , have a very fraught relationship with police . Trans women are more likely to experience police violence . Police frequently profile transwomen as sex workers . Trans women are at higher risk of sexual and physical violence and face high rates of homicide , with often the police investigating these crimes misgendering and deadnaming the victims . Trans men , while there is even less available data , are not immune from similar violence and issuestrans 2016216 m a k i ngsenseoutmurderstransmen , especially when seeking justice . Acting like this is just a few bad apples or just the internet is ignoring the reality that many people within the LGBT community live with daily .