As of September 30, ** transgender and gender-diverse people were murdered in the United States in 2024. This is a slight decrease from the previous year, when ** transgender and gender-diverse people were murdered.
A research project developed by the Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM) revealed that at least 235 trans or gender-diverse people were murdered in Latin America from October 2022 to September 2023. The highest number of victims was reported in Brazil, with 100 homicides. Mexico was the second deadliest country for trans people in Latin America, having registered 52 murders in the same period.
Worldwide, Brazil reported the highest number of transgender people murdered in 2023, reaching 100 victims. Most of the murders that year were reported in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is assumed that only a minority of the cases actually are reported, and the actual number is estimated to be significantly higher.
From the fiscal year of 2016 to the fiscal year of 2024, at least 1,170 trans and gender-diverse people were murdered in Brazil. The highest number of victims was registered in the fiscal year of 2017 when 171 victims were reported. In 2024, there were 106 murders.
Between October 2021 and September 2022, at least 28 trans or gender-diverse people were murdered in Colombia, the largest number since, at least, the fiscal year of 2016. During that period of time, 235 trans persons were reported murdered in Latin America, making it the world's deadliest region for this community.
Number, percentage and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, by gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown) and Indigenous identity (total; Indigenous identity; non-Indigenous identity; unknown Indigenous identity), Canada, provinces and territories, 2014 to 2020.
Between October 2023 and September 2024, at least 71 trans or gender-diverse people were murdered in Mexico. Mexico ranked as the second country with the highest number of murders of trans people in Latin America during that same period of time.
According to the source, 235 trans and gender-diverse people were reported murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean between October 2022 and September 2023. As of September 2018, a total of 219 murders had been reported in the region. Between 2011 and 2020, the number of murders stood above 200 every year.
Since 2010, the number of reported cases of homicides of transgender people worldwide increased from below 180 to more than 320 in 2023. It is assumed that only a minority of the cases actually are reported, and the actual number is estimated to be significantly higher.
78 of the recorded 321 transgender people murdered worldwide in 2023 were sex workers. The occupation of almost 160 of the victims was unknown. It is assumed that only a minority of the cases actually are reported, and the actual number is estimated to be significantly higher.
This statistics shows the number of people killed in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Mexico between 2014 and 2016. During that time period, more than 100 trans women, including transvestites, transgender individuals and transsexuals, were killed in Mexico.
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As of September 30, ** transgender and gender-diverse people were murdered in the United States in 2024. This is a slight decrease from the previous year, when ** transgender and gender-diverse people were murdered.