24.2% of active duty women and 6.3% of active duty men indicated experiencing sexual harassment in the year prior to being surveyed in 2018.
SOURCE | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY, FISCAL YEAR 2018
24% of American Indian transgender students, 18% of multiracial transgender students, 17% of Asian transgender students, and 15% of Black transgender students have experienced sexual assault.
SOURCE | SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY,” MARYLAND COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
24% of American Indian transgender students, 18% of multiracial transgender students, 17% of Asian transgender students, and 15% of Black transgender students experience sexual assault.
SOURCE | 2015 US TRANSGENDER SURVEY REPORT, NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY (NCTE)
22% of transgender respondents who have interacted with police reported harassment by police, with much higher rates reported by people of color. 46% of respondents reported being uncomfortable seeking police assistance.
SOURCE | SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY,” MARYLAND COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
12% of transgender youth report being sexually assaulted in K-12 settings by peers or educational staff.
SOURCE | 2015 US TRANSGENDER SURVEY REPORT, NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY (NCTE)
1 in every 5 survivors of confirmed sexual abuse in ICE detention is transgender even though trans people make up only 1 in 500 people detained by ICE.
SOURCE | GUITIERREZ, JENNICET (JUNE 25, 2015). “I INTERRUPTED PRESIDENT OBAMA BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE HEARD,” WASHINGTON BLADE.
1 in 8 people “had someone threaten to post and/or post sexually explicit images of them without their consent,” according to a 2017 study by the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI). Women were almost twice as likely to be the targets of nonconsensual pornography (NCP) than men.
SOURCE | DR. ASIA A. EATON, DR. HOLLY JACOBS, AND YANET RUVALCABA (JUNE 2017) NATIONWIDE ONLINE STUDY OF NONCONSENSUAL PORN VICTIMIZATION AND PERPETRATION: A SUMMARY REPORT
1 in 4 women have experienced rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, according to several national U.S. surveys.
SOURCE | FISHER ET AL. 2000; KOSS ET AL. 1987; TJADEN AND THOENNES 2000 FISHER, B. S., CULLEN, F. T., & TURNER, M. G. (2000). THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN (NCJ PUBLICATION NO. 182369). WASHINGTON DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. KOSS, M. P., GIDYCZ, C. A., &WISNIEWSKI, N. (1987). THE SCOPE OF RAPE: INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION AND VICTIMIZATION IN A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS. JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 55, 162–170. TJADEN, P., & THOENNES, N. (2000). FULL REPORT OF THE PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SURVEY (NCJ PUBLICATION NO. 183781). WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
1 in 10 youth detained in juvenile facilities experience sexual assault or sexual abuse while in custody.
SOURCE | BECK, A. J. (2014). PREA DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, 2014. WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.