Thanks for the sources! Very interesting. I read them. The second one makes cast a lot of doubt in its own numbers saying they’re not very reliable due to a variety of factors in how hard it is to accurately measure such a thing. Assuming all info is accurate, it doesn’t show that trans women are as likely to rape as cis men. There’s a bit difference there. The proportion of trans women in jail is a very small sample of an already very small not even clearly defined group.
However, the stat that trans women are more than twice as likely to be raped than cis women, I think is enough to warrant their protection. They are human beings and don’t deserve to be raped, just as cis women don’t deserve to be raped.