It's just another ordinary day for Isaac Akapnitis.
He gets home and talks with his wife about
her day...
Video: "Thank you sweetheart!"
"You're welcome."
But not every day is as peaceful for Isaac.
When he was born, Isaac was wrapped in a pink blanket, 
and had female written in the gender line on his birth certificate --
but for the past 5 years, he's been a trans guy.
Isaac: "I have to say, overall I’ve been
really fortunate and really privileged.
I haven’t, fortunately, experienced a lot of violence."
But last year, almost 230 transgender people were murdered internationally
and the U.S. had the 3rd highest death toll, with 10 people being killed. 
Brazil had the most killings on International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Isaac: "For -- for one thing, I don’t understand it."
Video: "When you look at LGBT stats for um, for violence, I would say that when it gets broken down,
most of that is the trans community."
In the 228-page report published by The Task Force in 2011, 
63% of trans people interviewed had experienced serious discrimination like violence, 
losing their job, and even being refused medical attention.
Isaac: “You know, you shouldn’t have to think about --you should just know you can go to a provider 
and get what you need. 
You should be able to go to the courts and get what you need, or get documents changed, or go to school -- 
things like that."
Kado: “... and it can lead to these bigger
things. And you know, again,
physical violence, sexualized violence, emotional violence -- 
and how that really divides us as a community and it doesn't unite us .”
As a whole, the media has become more aware of transgender issues -- 
but it is still happening or going unreported. 
Kado Stewart, the program manager for an LGBT group, One n Ten, says awareness is key.
(typing)
Kado: “So um, you know it’s hard because,  we haven’t focused -- 
I think as a larger community on transgender issues. 
So I don’t think that it’s been recorded by police as much as it should be -- 
has been, you know, paid attention to so...“
Isaac: “So it’s constantly ignored. It’s not really given the national spotlight that it needs.”
In just three months there’s been almost as many transgender people murdered as last year.
Isaac: “ So a lot of the violence that we see is often against women of color.”
Aside from the violence, systematic discrimination has been a major issue in the trans community.
You can help stop trans murders and other
oppression by working with groups like 
The Task Force, or your local organization.
Isaac: “We’re living our most authentic
lives, and we’re just trying to get -- 
you know get to the bus stop, or get to our jobs,or go to the bathroom --
which seems to be a really big issue right now.”
