Trans Murder Monitoring project update reveals more than 500 reported murders of trans people in the last 3 years
The Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) project has published its latest update regarding the numbers of recorded murders of trans people worldwide – and it makes depressing reading.
From the Trans Murder Monitoring project website:
In total, the preliminary results show 539 reports of murdered trans people in 42 countries since January 2008.
Although cases have been reported from all six major World Regions (Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Europe, North America, and Oceania), by far the largest number – 424 cases – are from Central and South America. This makes up 80% of the globally reported homicides of trans people since January 2008.
Globally, the number of trans people murdered continues to rise, as it has year-on-year since the TMM project began its work.
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For further information, see the Trans Murder Monitoring project website.
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Cross-posted from Bird of Paradox
I think it’s interesting that, for all the different ways they break down the statistics, it’s never categorized by gender identity or gender presentation (even though, if you wade through the names it’s obvious that virtually all these victims, with 1 possible exception, are trans women or on the transfeminine spectrum. Why is this being obscured by repeatedly referring to the victims as “trans people” as if all trans/gender variant people are exposed to this degree of violence? (nor mentioning factors like race/class)
ginasf
24 Mar 11 at 9:56 am
As horrible as the number in Brazil, there is a somewhat silver lining to it. Brazil has an obscene murder rate. Out of all the reported murders in a year, the 227 murders is only .2% of their yearly murders. And I do realize these are only reported murders as well. I rather hate reducing people to statistics though.
Vulpes Foxnik
27 Mar 11 at 12:04 pm
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