Women in Revolt is a 1971 American satirical film produced by Andy Warhol and directed by Paul Morrissey. The film stars Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, and Holly Woodlawn, three transgender superstars of Warhol's Factory scene.
Women in Revolt is a 1971 American satirical film produced by Andy Warhol and directed by Paul Morrissey. The film stars Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, and Holly Woodlawn, three transgender superstars of Warhol's Factory scene.
"Gender identity is an individual’s deep, internal, and personal sense of being a man, woman, non-binary, or another gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth. It is distinct from sexual orientation and biological sex (chromosomes/genitals). Gender exists on a spectrum".
In Nazi Germany, transgender people were prosecuted, barred from public life, forcibly detransitioned, and imprisoned and killed in concentration camps. Laws such as Paragraph 183 were implemented during the German Empire (1871–1928) and Weimar Germany (1918–1933) to prosecute transgender individuals.
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Most researchers and global health organisations (like the WHO and Ipsos) estimate that between 0.5% and 2.0% of the global population identifies as transgender, non-binary, or gender-diverse. Given a global population of roughly 8.2 billion, a 0.5% to 1.5% estimate suggests there are between 40 million and 120 million transgender and gender-diverse people worldwide.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), approximately 262,000 people in England and Wales (about 0.5% of the population aged 16 and over) identified with a gender different from their sex registered at birth. Of those 262,000 people, the census provided a more specific breakdown of how individuals identified: Trans men: 48,000 (0.10%), Trans women: 48,000 (0.10%), Non-binary: 30,000 (0.06%), Other gender identities: 18,000 (0.04%), and No specific identity provided: 118,000 (0.24%) — These are individuals who answered "No" to the question but did not write in a specific term. Scotland and Northern Ireland: Scotland's 2022 census found a similar proportion (roughly 0.44%), while Northern Ireland's data showed about 0.24%.
Organisations like Stonewall and researchers have noted that the voluntary nature of the question, combined with privacy concerns or safety issues within households, may lead to under-reporting.
Statistics from the UK Home Office and major advocacy groups like Stop Hate UK indicate that transgender people in England and Wales are roughly twice as likely to be victims of crime as cisgender people. In the United States, this disparity is even sharper; the National Crime Victimization Survey found that trans people are over four times more likely to be victims of violent crime (including rape and aggravated assault) than cisgender individuals.
According to the most recent Home Office report (for the year ending March 2025):
Official police numbers are widely considered to be the "tip of the iceberg.". The Government’s National LGBT Survey found that 91% of trans people did not report their most serious incident of hate crime to the police. Common reasons include the belief that the police won't do anything, fear of further victimisation, or previous negative experiences with the legal system. Organisations like Galop reported a 60% increase in victims seeking their support in 2024, contrasting with the slight dip in official police records. A 2023 Home Office report explicitly noted that the rise in transphobic hate crimes may be linked to "comments by politicians and the media," suggesting that the polarized public debate (like the TERF vs. Trans discourse) correlates with real-world aggression.
The conviction rate for transphobic hate crimes presents a paradox: the prosecution success rate (convictions once a case goes to court) is relatively high, but the charge rate (the number of reported crimes that actually make it to court) is extremely low. The real issue highlighted by recent 2024-2025 data is the "attrition" of cases before they ever reach a courtroom. In some UK regions, only about 8% to 12% of reported LGBTQ+ hate crimes result in a formal charge or court summons. A vast majority of cases—often over 80%—are closed without a suspect being charged. This is usually due to "evidential difficulties," such as a lack of witnesses or the inability to identify a suspect in a public space.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), when a transphobic hate crime is actually prosecuted, the conviction rate is around 79% to 80%. If you look only at the 80% conviction rate, the system looks like it's working. However, if you consider that 90% of people don't report the crime, and of those who do, only 10% see a charge, the "true" conviction rate for all transphobic incidents is estimated to be less than 1%. Trans people are over four times more likely to be victims of violent crime than cisgender people. While trans women are often framed as a threat in women's spaces, they are frequently the ones at risk when forced into male spaces (like men's prisons or homeless shelters), where they face extreme rates of sexual assault and physical violence.