Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Reported Deaths of 539 Murdered Trans Persons
from January 2008 until December 2010
World Regions/Countries
Latin America 424
Argentina 8
Brazil 227
Chile 2
Colombia 26
Costa Rica 3
Cuba 1
Dominican Republic 7
Ecuador 10
El Salvador 6
Guatemala 28
Honduras 27
Jamaica 1
Mexico 27
Nicaragua 2
Paraguay 3
Peru 7
Puerto Rico 7
Uruguay 1
Venezuela 31
North America 38
U.S.A. 38
Europe 37
Albania 1
Germany 2
Italy 13
Portugal 1
Serbia 1
Spain 3
Turkey 13
UK 3
Asia 35
Azerbaijan 2
China 6
India 6
Indonesia 3
Iraq 3
Malaysia 5
Pakistan 6
Philippines 1
Singapore 1
Thailand 2
Oceania 3
Australia 1
New Caledonia 1
New Zealand 1
Africa 2
Algeria 1
South Africa 1
Cause of Death
Shot 213
Stabbed 102
Beaten 42
Strangled 20
Stoned 10
Torture 10
Dismembered 7
Throat cut 7
Run over by car 7
Burned 5
Head injuries 4
Poisoned 3
Thrown out of a moving vehicle 2
Thrown out of a window 1
Drowned 1
Grenade explosion 1
Hanged 1
Smoke inhalation 1
Run over by train 1
Not reported 101
Location of Death
Street 100
Home 52
Hospital 16
Park/Public square/space 13
Highway/Beltway 7
Hotel/Motel/Drive Inn 7
Car 6
Beauty Salon 4
Waste ground/land 3
Police Station 3
Garbage Dumpster 3
Relative’s/friend’s apartment 3
Beach 2
Prison 1
Food market 1
Brushwood 1
Class Room 1
River 1
Central Station 1
Abandoned building 1
Bar 1
Client’s apartment 1
Corn field 1
Not reported 310
Age
14‐17 18
18‐19 23
20‐29 142
30‐39 100
40‐49 45
50‐59 7
60‐69 4
Not reported 200
Profession
Sex worker 151
Hair dresser/Stylist 7
Seller 6
Beauty shop/hair salon/bar owner 5
Performer 5
Waitress 4
Clerk 2
Pupil / Student 2
Religious leader 2
Artist 1
Lawyer 1
Prisoner 1
Guruji (Hijra leader) 1
Policeman 1
Cook 1
Cabinet Maker 1
Chorus singer 1
TV presenter 1
Boarding house owner 1
Social worker 1
Not reported 344
Data collected and list composed by Carsten Balzer and Jan Simon Hutta
for the “Trans Murder Monitoring” project, a subproject of Transgender Europe’s
“Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide” research project
Sources:
“Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide” research project (www.transrespect‐
transphobia.org) and TvT Partner Organizations: Grupo Gay da Bahia (Brazil) and
STRAPP (Philippines).