Reported Deaths of 93 Murdered Trans Persons from January 2010 to June 2010

World Regions/Countries

Latin America 77
Argentina 2
Brazil 40
Colombia 1
Dominican Republic 2
Ecuador 1
Guatemala 14
Honduras 2
Mexico 9
Peru 2
Venezuela 4

Europe 5
Italy 1
Turkey 4

North America 7
U.S.A. (including 2 cases in Puerto Rico) 7

Asia 4
Indonesia 1
Malaysia 1
Pakistan 1
Thailand 1

Total 93
Months
January 14
February 10
March 16
April 15
May 17
June 8
Not reported 13

Total 93

Cause of Death

Shot 39
Stabbed 14
Beaten 15
Strangled 3
Dismembered 3
Slashed throat 1
Stoned 1
Thrown out of a window 1
Run over by car 1
Not reported 15

Total 93

Location of Death

Street 6
Home 4
Hospital 4
Public place 1
Hotel 2
Beach 1
Car 3
Shop 2

Not reported 70

Total 93
Profession

Sex worker 25
Merchant 1
Student 1
Performer 1
Beauty Shop owner 1
Artist 1
Lawyer 1
Waitress 1

Not reported 61

Total 93

Age

14-17 3
18-19 4
20-29 25
30-39 14
40-49 4
50-59 1
60-69 1
Not reported 41

Total 93

Data collected and tables composed by Carsten Balzer and Jan 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 Partner Organization: Grupo Gay da Bahia (www.ggb.org.br)