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800+ transgender people murdered in 4 years

800+ transgender people murdered in 4 years

Transgender people reported murdered 2008-2011
Transgender people reported murdered 2008-2011 (Interactive map courtesy of Transgender Europe)

More than 800 transgender people have been murdered worldwide in the last four years, according to the Trans Murder Monitoring project.

The monitoring project, organized by Transgender Europe, reported that the majority of the murders occurred in Central and South America, which accounted for 643 of 816 reported murders.

Murders were also reported in Asia (59), North America (53), Europe (53), Oceania (4) and Africa (4).

The pattern overlaps some of the countries with anti-LGBT laws, but differs markedly in Africa, where many countries have such laws, and in the Americas, where fewer countries outlaw homosexual behavior.

See Also
Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections

The yearly totals have grown from 2008, when 141 case were reported, to last year’s 248. It’s unknown how much of the increase is caused by higher murder rates, how much by the increased prominence of transgender people, and how much by improved reporting of murders.

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