Report Warns Murder Rate Against Transgendered People Is Rising

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Report Warns Murder Rate Against Transgendered People Is Rising | AHN

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A new report has found an estimated 200 transgendered persons were murdered from January 2008 to June 2009; which is enough to say that every three days a transgendered person is killed somewhere in the world.

The project was started by the international group Transgender Europe (TGEU) and the journal 'Liminalis' in an effort to track and combat violence committed against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and questioning (LGBT) community.

The project compiled at least 121 murder cases from 2008 and another 83 murder cases for the year-to-date. Preliminary results show that the murder rate for transgendered people is a global problem, effecting North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

"Furthermore that the number of reports of murdered trans people is increasing in the last years," the report warns. "The majority of cases have been reported from Latin America and North America.".....