I am not asking you to assume that a problem exists when you don't have the data to prove that it exists. I am asking you to not be skeptical of a community that is very clearly being systemically discriminated against. I am asking you to cooperate with a marginalized and victimized community, to reduce the extent to which they are marginalized and victimized.
Things like public awareness campaigns to reduce the social stigma around transgender people. Additional training for law enforcement, so that they are not biased and discriminatory in the way they carry out their duties. An expansion of hate crime laws and civil rights protections to specifically include transgender people. An expansion of crime statistics tracking, so that we actually know the full extent of the situation, instead of the incredibly small and myopic snapshot we currently have. These are things which are a good investment in society, regardless of whether or not transgender people are being murdered because of who they are at a higher rate than the rest of the country.
And for those things where we do have data that is correct and unbiased, such as the abhorrently high 40% attempted suicide rate among transgender people, promote targeted programs to address them. Government-funded clinics to provide emergency counselling services, community services to provide support to transgenders who have been rejected by their families, and the like.
I am not asking for your unthinking support. I am asking you to recognize the flaws in our law enforcement organizations and data collection practices, work to correct those flaws, and in the meantime promote solutions to make society a safer, more tolerant and caring place for people who are not safe, or being tolerated or cared for.