A petition has been placed on the White House website demanding for a federal investigation of the high number of murders of transgender women of color.

‘For transgender women of color, safety is a real and warranted concern,’ the petition says. ‘We are asking the administration to raise awareness and take action to keep this community safe, by conducting a formal investigation of these deaths occurring across the county to the targeted community of transgender women, particularly women of color.’

According to numbers provided by the Anti-Violence Project, since this past January there have been 14 homicides of transgender or gender non-conforming people, ’12 of whom were transgender women of color.’

To get a response from the White House, the petition must have 100,000 signatures by 10 September. As of this writing, 944 people have signed.

To sign, please go here.