Think violence against transgender and gender variant people doesn't happen near you? Think again. In the last two years, 49 documented murders occurred in 17 different countries, 14 different states, and 44 different cities. Countless more have been misreported or simply not reported at all. In addition, non-fatal violence against trans people occurs every day, everywhere. What are you going to do to stop the violence?
Transgender Murders 2008
Patricia Murphy
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date of Death: January 8, 2008
Stacy Brown
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Date of Death: January 8, 2008
Adolphus Simmons
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Date of Death: January 21, 2008
Fedra
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Date of Death: January 22, 2008
Ali and two other transgender women
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Date of Death: January 2008
Ashley Sweeney
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Death: February 4, 2008
Sanesha Stewart
Location: Bronx, New York
Date of Death: February 9, 2008
Lawrence King
Location: Oxnard, California
Date of Death: February 12, 2008
Beyonce Williams
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Date of Death: February 25, 2008
Luna
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date of Death: March 15, 2008
Karrie Bone
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date of Death: March 15, 2008
Lloyd Nixon
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Date of Death: April 16, 2008
Felicia Melton-Smyth
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Date of Death: May 26, 2008
Silvana Berisha
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date of Death: June 24, 2008
Ebony Whitaker
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Date of Death: July 1, 2008
Rosa Pazos
Location: Sevilla, Spain
Date of Death: July 11, 2008
Juan Carlos Aucalle Coronel
Location: Lombardi, Italy
Date of Death: July 14, 2008
Angie Zapata
Location: Greeley, Colorado
Date of Death: July 17, 2008
Jaylynn L. Namauu
Location: Makiki Honolulu, Hawaii
Date of Death: July 17, 2008
Samantha Rangel Brandau
Location: Milan, Italy
Date of Death: July 29, 2008
Nikki Williams
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Date of Death: August 20, 2008
Ruby Molina
Location: Sacramento, California
Date of Death: September 21, 2008
Aimee Wilcoxson
Location: Aurora, Colorado
Date of Death: November 3, 2008
Duanna Johnson
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Date of Death: November 9, 2008
Dilek Ince
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Date of Death: November 10, 2008
Teish Cannon
Location: Syracuse, New York
Date of Death: November 14, 2008
Transgender Murders 2007
Nakia Ladelle Baker
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Date of Death: January 7, 2007
Hasan Sabeh
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Date of Death: January 11, 2007
Keittirat Longnawa
Location: Rassada, Thailand
Date of Death: January 31, 2007
Tatiana Gomez
Location: Trani, Italy
Date of Death: February 18, 2007
Moira Donaire
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
Date of Death: March 5, 2007
Michelle Carrasco “Chela”
Location: Santiago, Chile
Date of Death: March 16, 2007
Ruby Rodriguez
Location: San Francisco, California
Date of Death: March 16, 2007
Erica Keel
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of Death: March 23, 2007
Bret T. Turner
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Date of Death: April 2, 2007
Manuela Di Cesare
Location: Pescara, Italy
Date of Death: April 21, 2007
"Unidentified Male Clad in Female Attire"
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Date of Death: July 7, 2007
Victoria Arellano
Location: San Pedro, California
Date of Death: July 20, 2007
Thalia Mosqueda
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date of Death: July 29, 2007
Stefania Coppi
Location: Rome, Italy
Date of Death: August 1, 2007
Maribelle Reyes
Location: Houston, Texas
Date of Death: August 30, 2007
Thanawoot Wiriyananon
Location: Phuket, Thailand
Date of Death: November 12, 2007
Elly "Sayep" Susanna
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date of Death: November 17, 2007
Sally Camatoy
Location: Dubai, Phillipines
Date of Death: November 19, 2007
Kellie Telesford
Location: London, England
Date of Death: November 21, 2007
Brian McGlothin
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: December 23, 2007
Gabriela Alejandra Albornoz
Location: Santiago, Chile
Date of Death: December 28, 2007
Hate Crime Statistics - 2007
From the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)
The total number of victims reporting anti-LGBTQ violence to the NCAVP in 2007 was 2,430. This is a 24% increase from the number of victims in 2006.
In Minnesota the number of victims rose 135%, in Michigan they rose 207%, in Los Angeles, there was a 100% increase, and in San Francisco there was a 7% increase.
The number of murders of LGBTQ people in the United States rose from 10 to 21, and over a third of them were MTF-spectrum trans people.
Reports of violence victimizing trans men rose 65%.
To read more, visit www.ncavp.org