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{{Short description|List of people who were killed for being transgender.}}{{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}}{{List scope|date=June 2020}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}{{Dynamic list}}{{Transgender sidebar}}This is a worldwide list of people who were killed for being transgender. The list does not include suicides, accidental deaths, or premature deaths. Some of the perpetrators in these cases cite the trans panic defense. Violence against transgender people is also known as trans bashing.

Background

{{Discrimination sidebar|state=collapsed}}The murder of trans people has served as an impetus to the establishment of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR).WEB, Trans Day of Remembrance,www.masstpc.org/dor/, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, 20 November 2013, 2013,www.masstpc.org/dor/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100814023619www.masstpc.org/dor/,">web.archive.org/web/20100814023619www.masstpc.org/dor/, 14 August 2010, live, WEB, Transgender Day of Remembrance,www.hrc.org/campaigns/transgender-day-remembrance, Human Rights Campaign, 20 November 2013,www.hrc.org/campaigns/transgender-day-remembrance," title="web.archive.org/web/20131126173312www.hrc.org/campaigns/transgender-day-remembrance,">web.archive.org/web/20131126173312www.hrc.org/campaigns/transgender-day-remembrance, 26 November 2013, live, In 2019, the American Medical Association called the violence against trans people an “epidemic”.NEWS, Rick, Rojas, Vanessa, Swales, 6 July 2020, 18 Transgender Killings This Year Raise Fears of an ‘Epidemic’,www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/transgender-women-deaths.html, The New York Times, 27 September 2019, 0362-4331, NYTimes.com, 5 July 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200705222307/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/transgender-women-deaths.html, live, WEB, 6 July 2020, For trans women of color facing ‘epidemic’ of violence, each day is a fight for survival: ‘I’m an endangered species… but I cannot stop living’,abcnews.go.com/US/trans-women-color-facing-epidemic-violence-day-fight/story?id=66015811, ABC News, 5 July 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200705215354/https://abcnews.go.com/US/trans-women-color-facing-epidemic-violence-day-fight/story?id=66015811, live, WEB, Susanna, Heller, 6 July 2020, At least 18 transgender people have been killed this year in what experts are calling an ‘epidemic’,www.insider.com/transgender-killings-murders-an-epidemic-experts-say-2019-9, Insider, 3 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230403000610/https://www.insider.com/transgender-killings-murders-an-epidemic-experts-say-2019-9, live, In 2020, ABC News “independently confirmed 34 violent deaths of transgender and gender non-conforming people in 2020 at the time of publication.” This was published by Good Morning America.WEB, Transgender Day of Remembrance honors lives lost while marking staggering milestone,www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/transgender-day-remembrance-honors-lives-lost-marking-staggering-74253969, 14 March 2021, 9 March 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210309054258/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/transgender-day-remembrance-honors-lives-lost-marking-staggering-74253969, live, According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 57 transgender and gender non-conforming people were killed in 2021, surpassing the total from 2020 of 44 people.WEB, Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2021,www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2021, 3 July 2022, Human Rights Campaign, en-US, 2 July 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220702232048/https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2021, live,

1990s

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• 1991 – Sonia Rescalvo Zafra, a 45-year-old transgender woman, was killed in the Parc de la Ciutadella in Barcelona by six neo-Nazi skinheads who kicked her and her friend Dori repeatedly in the head while they were lying on the floor. Her death spurred the LGBT community to publicly fight against violence.NEWS, Carranco, Rebeca, García, Jesús, Morir por ser transexual,elpais.com/diario/2011/10/09/sociedad/1318111208_850215.html, 2 March 2017, El País, 9 October 2011, es, 28 February 2017,elpais.com/diario/2011/10/09/sociedad/1318111208_850215.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170228002622elpais.com/diario/2011/10/09/sociedad/1318111208_850215.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170228002622elpais.com/diario/2011/10/09/sociedad/1318111208_850215.html, live, WEB, Flick, Se cumplen veinte años de la muerte de Sonia, la mujer transexual asesinada en Barcelona por un grupo de ultraderechistas,www.dosmanzanas.com/2011/10/se-cumplen-veinte-anos-de-la-muerte-de-sonia-la-mujer-transexual-asesinada-en-barcelona-por-un-grupo-de-ultraderechistas.html, Dos Manzanas, 2 March 2017, es, 10 October 2011, 5 September 2017,www.dosmanzanas.com/2011/10/se-cumplen-veinte-anos-de-la-muerte-de-sonia-la-mujer-transexual-asesinada-en-barcelona-por-un-grupo-de-ultraderechistas.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170905100911www.dosmanzanas.com/2011/10/se-cumplen-veinte-anos-de-la-muerte-de-sonia-la-mujer-transexual-asesinada-en-barcelona-por-un-grupo-de-ultraderechistas.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170905100911www.dosmanzanas.com/2011/10/se-cumplen-veinte-anos-de-la-muerte-de-sonia-la-mujer-transexual-asesinada-en-barcelona-por-un-grupo-de-ultraderechistas.html, live,
• 1993 – Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old transgender man, was raped and murdered in Falls City, Nebraska on 31 December.Chris Summers, The victims of prejudice {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309131705news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3219591.stm |date=9 March 2021 }}, BBC News, 26 December 2003. Two men were convicted of first-degree murder in the incident, one of whom was sentenced to death. The crime became the subject of the Academy Award-winning film Boys Don’t Cry.

2000s

• 2000 – Amanda Milan, a 25-year-old transgender woman, was walking by Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, when Dwayne McCuller walked up and began to harass and threaten her.WEB, Siegal, Nina, The Crying Game,archive.salon.com/news/feature/2001/06/20/milan/index.html, Salon, 26 February 2017,archive.salon.com/news/feature/2001/06/20/milan/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100222014412archive.salon.com/news/feature/2001/06/20/milan/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100222014412archive.salon.com/news/feature/2001/06/20/milan/index.html, 22 February 2010, Milan stood up to him and asked him if he wanted to fight.WEB,www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/072400ny-victim-milan.html, Watershed of Mourning at the Border of Gender, 24 July 2000, 5 November 2008, New York Regional, The New York Times on the Web, Segal, Nina, 16 October 2015,www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/072400ny-victim-milan.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20151016213122www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/072400ny-victim-milan.html,">web.archive.org/web/20151016213122www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/072400ny-victim-milan.html, live, Witnesses said he declined. As he walked away, another young man, Eugene Celestine, told McCuller he had a knife. McCuller grabbed it, and stabbed Milan in the neck. A man named David Anderson reportedly helped McCuller escape from the scene. Milan died soon after at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Transgender activist Sylvia Rivera worked towards seeing that Milan’s death was investigated, and organized Milan’s political funeral along with demonstrations claiming a disconnection of transgender rights from the larger LGBT communities.BOOK, Sycamore, Matt Bernstein, Matt Bernstein Sycamore, 101–02, 978-1-932360-56-1, That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, Soft Skull Press, 2004,books.google.com/books?id=4moAP04OpPIC, 16 November 2008, After Milan’s murder, Rivera reformed a transgender activist group, Street Trans Activist Revolutionaries (STAR).BOOK, From ACT UP to the WTO: Urban Protest and Community Building in the Era of Globalization, Amanda Milan and The Rebirth of Street Trans Activist Revolutionaries, 1-85984-356-5, Benjamin Heim, Shepard, Verso, 2002, 156–63, Rivera cited the crime among the reasons to add a broad definition of gender to the New York City Human Rights Law.BOOK, Currah, Paisley, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Minter, 3, 978-0-8166-4312-7, Transgender Rights, Univ of Minnesota Press, 2006,books.google.com/books?id=FUwOKayHVwcC, 16 November 2008,
• 2001 – Fred Martinez Jr., a transgender 16-year old American from Cortez, Colorado was bludgeoned to death in June 2001 with a rock by an 18-year old man.NEWS,www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/09/01/gay-youths-death-shakes-colo-city/98d8eab5-4afb-41b9-b83c-35d69d7cc88e/, Gay Youth’s Death Shakes Colo. City, Paul, Duggan, August 31, 2001, Washington Post, Martinez’ killer was sentenced in 2002 to serve between 4 and 48 years for the murder, and was paroled in 2019.WEB,www.the-journal.com/articles/man-who-murdered-lgbtq-teen-in-cortez-is-released-from-prison/, Man who murdered LGBTQ teen in Cortez is released from prison, Bret, Hauff, The Journal,
• 2002 – Gwen Araujo of Newark, California, a Hispanic teenage transgender woman, was killed by four men, two of whom she had had sexual relations with, who beat and strangled her after discovering she was transgender.NEWS,query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E0DF1E31F93AA25755C0A9609C8B63, What’s on Tonight, McElroy, Steven, 19 June 2006, The New York Times, 19 July 2010, A GIRL LIKE ME: THE GWEN ARAUJO STORY, 3 January 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180103073142/https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E0DF1E31F93AA25755C0A9609C8B63, live, NEWS,www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/27/tvandradio.comment, Body politics, Wollaston, Sam, 27 May 2005, The Guardian, 19 July 2010, 11 August 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170811223209/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/27/tvandradio.comment, live, NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/national/13transgender.html, 2 Guilty of Murder in Death of a Transgender Teenager, Marshall, Carolyn, 13 September 2005, The New York Times, 20, 19 July 2010, 27 December 2014,www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/national/13transgender.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141227134147www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/national/13transgender.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141227134147www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/national/13transgender.html, live, Two defendants were convicted of second-degree murder, but not convicted on the requested hate crime enhancements. The other two defendants pleaded guilty or no contest to voluntary manslaughter. In at least one of the trials, a trans panic defense – an extension of the gay panic defense – was employed.NEWS,www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=153, Two murder convictions in Araujo case, Zak Szymanski, Bay Area Reporter, 15 September 2005,www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=153," title="web.archive.org/web/20090201000001www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=153,">web.archive.org/web/20090201000001www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=153, 1 February 2009, BOOK, Shelley, Christopher, Transpeople: repudiation, trauma, healing,books.google.com/books?id=SiaNoJ3puyQC&q=%22gwen+araujo%22&pg=PA47, 19 July 2010, 2 August 2008, University of Toronto Press, 978-0-8020-9539-8, 47, 3 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230403000605/https://books.google.com/books?id=SiaNoJ3puyQC&q=%22gwen+araujo%22&pg=PA47, live,
• 2003 – Nireah Johnson was a 17-year-old African American transgender girl who was murdered along with her friend Brandie Coleman in Indianapolis, Indiana by Paul Moore. Paul Moore was initially sexually attracted to Johnson, and then discovered that she was transgender. This led him to light her car on fire while she and Coleman were inside. Moore was sentenced to 120 years in prison for the murders while his half-brother, Clarence McGee, received a 10-year sentence as an accomplice.WEB,commonplacebook.com/current-events/glbt-issues/17-year-old-indianapolis-youth-killed/, 17-year-old Indianapolis Youth Killed Because She Was Trans – commonplacebook.com, commonplacebook.com, 10 February 2020, 15 April 2020,commonplacebook.com/current-events/glbt-issues/17-year-old-indianapolis-youth-killed/," title="web.archive.org/web/20200415114426commonplacebook.com/current-events/glbt-issues/17-year-old-indianapolis-youth-killed/,">web.archive.org/web/20200415114426commonplacebook.com/current-events/glbt-issues/17-year-old-indianapolis-youth-killed/, live, {{Unreliable source|date=March 2023}}
• 2003 – Janice Roberts was an American transgender woman who was kidnapped by serial killer William Devin Howell on 18 June. Howell later told an informant that he tried to engage Roberts in a sexual act, and strangled her when he realized that she was transgender.WEB,www.aetv.com/real-crime/william-devin-howell-connecticut-serial-garden-murders-garden, Connecticut Serial Killer William Devin Howell Describes the Shocking Details of His Crimes, Howard, Anne K., A&E, en, 10 February 2020, 5 May 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200505072223/https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/william-devin-howell-connecticut-serial-garden-murders-garden, live,
• 2003 – Shelby Tracy Tom was a Canadian transgender woman working as a sex worker in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who was killed by Jatin Patel on 27 May 2003.WEB,thetyee.ca/News/2011/10/19/Shelby-Tom, Was Shelby Tom’s Death a Hate Crime?, 19 October 2011, The Tyee, 17 October 2015, 4 October 2015,thetyee.ca/News/2011/10/19/Shelby-Tom/," title="web.archive.org/web/20151004012717thetyee.ca/News/2011/10/19/Shelby-Tom/,">web.archive.org/web/20151004012717thetyee.ca/News/2011/10/19/Shelby-Tom/, live, According to Patel, while having sex with her, she noticed Tom’s surgery scars, and she panicked as a result and strangled her. The prosecutor attempted to classify Tom’s death as a hate crime, but Supreme Court of British Columbia Justice Patrick Dohm ruled that the crime was not motivated by hate, because Patel did not know of Tom’s transgender identity when meeting her, and thus could not have targeted her for it.WEB,www.dailyxtra.com/ottawa/news-and-ideas/news/trans-killing-hate-crime-12165, Trans killing not a hate crime, Jeremy Hainsworth, dailyxtra.com, 9 September 2009, 17 October 2015, 3 October 2015,www.dailyxtra.com/ottawa/news-and-ideas/news/trans-killing-hate-crime-12165," title="web.archive.org/web/20151003183006www.dailyxtra.com/ottawa/news-and-ideas/news/trans-killing-hate-crime-12165,">web.archive.org/web/20151003183006www.dailyxtra.com/ottawa/news-and-ideas/news/trans-killing-hate-crime-12165, live, Patel’s defense attorney used a gay panic defense on her behalf. She pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter, and was sentenced to nine years in jail.WEB,vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/convicted-killer-walks-away-from-half-way-house, Convicted Killer Walks Away From Half-way House {{!, Vancouver Sun|date=13 September 2009|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417081534vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/convicted-killer-walks-away-from-half-way-house/|url-status=live}} Patel subsequently came out as a transgender woman.NEWS, Zytaruk, Tom, Surrey criminal’s dangerous offender designation set aside by appeal court,www.surreynowleader.com/news/surrey-criminals-dangerous-offender-designation-set-aside-by-appeal-court/, 13 June 2023, Surrey Now-Leader, 19 March 2020,
• 2006 – Gisberta Salce Júnior, a Brazilian homeless transgender woman, was murdered in Oporto, Portugal, by a group of 14 youths between 12 and 16 years old, who tortured and raped her for three days, and finally threw her, still alive, into a well over 15 meters deep, where she drowned. Eleven of the minors received minimal sentences of under 13 months in a semi-open education center of the Instituto de Reinserção Social, and two received sentences of additional education.WEB, A Direcção e o Grupo de Intervenção Política da Associação ILGA Portugal, Associação ILGA Portugal desafia Governo e Parlamento a aprovarem lei da identidade de género,ilga-portugal.oninet.pt/noticias/20060801.htm, ILGA Portugal, 2 March 2017,ilga-portugal.oninet.pt/noticias/20060801.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20091218021308ilga-portugal.oninet.pt/noticias/20060801.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20091218021308ilga-portugal.oninet.pt/noticias/20060801.htm, 18 December 2009, pt, 1 August 2006, NEWS, Rodrigues, Catarina Marques, Gisberta, a transexual que gostava de Marilyn Monroe, acabou morta num poço depois de dias de agressões de 14 menores. Dez anos depois, família e amigos não a esquecem. E os jovens?,observador.pt/especiais/gisberta-10-anos-diva-homofobia-atirou-fundo-do-poco, 6 March 2017, Observador, pt, 7 March 2017,observador.pt/especiais/gisberta-10-anos-diva-homofobia-atirou-fundo-do-poco/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170307053004observador.pt/especiais/gisberta-10-anos-diva-homofobia-atirou-fundo-do-poco/,">web.archive.org/web/20170307053004observador.pt/especiais/gisberta-10-anos-diva-homofobia-atirou-fundo-do-poco/, live, Her death became a symbol of violence against women and the LGBT community, and shortly after, laws protecting trans women were introduced in Portugal.NEWS, Filho, Mamede, A brasileira que virou símbolo LGBT e cujo assassinato levou a novas leis em Portugal,www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2016/02/160218_brasileira_lgbt_portugal_mf, 6 March 2017, BBC, 23 February 2016, pt, 7 March 2017,www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2016/02/160218_brasileira_lgbt_portugal_mf," title="web.archive.org/web/20170307123849www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2016/02/160218_brasileira_lgbt_portugal_mf,">web.archive.org/web/20170307123849www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2016/02/160218_brasileira_lgbt_portugal_mf, live,
• 2007 – Roberto González Onrubia, a transgender man, was killed by two women who had found refuge in his apartment, in Madrid, Spain. Both women had been mistreating Roberto physically and psychologically for a year, before they killed him on 29 August 2007 with a brutal hit on the head. Both women were condemned to 19 years in prison.NEWS, Quesada, Juan Diego, Muerte de un transexual,elpais.com/diario/2010/05/16/domingo/1273981961_850215.html, 16 September 2018, El País, 16 May 2010, es, 16 September 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180916202236/https://elpais.com/diario/2010/05/16/domingo/1273981961_850215.html, live, WEB, Flick, Condenadas a 18 años y 9 meses de prisión las dos mujeres que maltrataron hasta la muerte a un chico transexual que les ofreció cobijo,www.dosmanzanas.com/2010/04/condenadas-a-18-anos-y-9-meses-de-prision-las-dos-mujeres-que-maltrataron-hasta-la-muerte-a-un-chico-transexual-que-les-ofrecio-cobijo%e2%80%8f.html, Dos Manzanas, 16 September 2018, es, 6 April 2010, 16 September 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180916202422/https://www.dosmanzanas.com/2010/04/condenadas-a-18-anos-y-9-meses-de-prision-las-dos-mujeres-que-maltrataron-hasta-la-muerte-a-un-chico-transexual-que-les-ofrecio-cobijo%e2%80%8f.html, live, WEB, V., Javier, TODO lo que no se ha dicho sobre el asesinato de Roberto -hombre transexual- el “Brandon Teena español”,www.carlaantonelli.com/notis-23022010-todo-sobre-el-sadio-asesinato-de-roberto-hombre-transexual-madrid-el-brandon-teena-%20espanol.htm, Diario Digital Transexual, 16 September 2018, es, 23 February 2010, 16 September 2018,www.carlaantonelli.com/notis-23022010-todo-sobre-el-sadio-asesinato-de-roberto-hombre-transexual-madrid-el-brandon-teena-%20espanol.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20180916235153www.carlaantonelli.com/notis-23022010-todo-sobre-el-sadio-asesinato-de-roberto-hombre-transexual-madrid-el-brandon-teena-%20espanol.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20180916235153www.carlaantonelli.com/notis-23022010-todo-sobre-el-sadio-asesinato-de-roberto-hombre-transexual-madrid-el-brandon-teena-%20espanol.htm, live,
• 2008 – Angie Zapata was a transgender woman who was murdered on 17 July 2008, in Greeley, Colorado. Her death was the first case involving a transgender victim to be ruled a hate crime.NEWS,edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial, Transgender murder, hate crime conviction a first, Spellman, Jim, 23 April 2009, 26 February 2017, CNN, DENVER, Colorado, 12 August 2017,edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170812095736edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/,">web.archive.org/web/20170812095736edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/, live, Colorado is one of eleven states that protect transgender victims under hate crime laws in the United States. Allen Andrade, who learned eighteen-year-old Angie was transgender after meeting her and spending several days with her, beat her to death with a fire extinguisher. In his arrest affidavit, Andrade called Zapata “it”,NEWS,www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10049216, Transgender victim referred to as “it”, Whaley, Monte, 31 July 2008, The Denver Post, Greeley, Colorado, 26 February 2017, 22 April 2009,www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10049216," title="web.archive.org/web/20090422002516www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10049216,">web.archive.org/web/20090422002516www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10049216, live, and during his trial, a tape was played of a phone conversation in which he told his girlfriend “gay things need to die”.NEWS,www.365gay.com/news/trial-hears-gay-things-must-die-tape, Trial hears ‘gay things must die’ tape, 21 April 2009, Logo (TV channel), Logo, 365gay.com, Greeley, Colorado, 14 July 2009,www.365gay.com/news/trial-hears-gay-things-must-die-tape/," title="web.archive.org/web/20090424085718www.365gay.com/news/trial-hears-gay-things-must-die-tape/,">web.archive.org/web/20090424085718www.365gay.com/news/trial-hears-gay-things-must-die-tape/, 24 April 2009, Andrade’s attorneys used a gay panic defense. On 22 April 2009, Andrade was found guilty of first degree murder, hate crimes, and car/ID theft. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.NEWS,www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/index.html, CNN, Transgender murder, hate crime conviction a first, 23 April 2009, 11 May 2010, 27 March 2010,www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100327162710www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100327162710www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/22/transgender.slaying.trial/index.html, live,

2010s

• 2010 – Victoria Carmen White, an African American transgender woman, was murdered in New Jersey, US, on 12 September 2010. Alrashim Chambers was brought to trial for her death, but he was acquitted; he blamed another man, Marquise Foster, for the murder. The only motive suggested was transphobic violence; “You a dude?” was heard by White’s friends (who were in an adjacent room) shortly before gunshots were fired.NEWS, Ring, Trudy, Newark Man Acquitted in Murder of Transgender Model,www.advocate.com/crime/2012/05/26/newark-man-acquitted-murder-transgender-model, 4 April 2016, The Advocate, 26 May 2012,www.advocate.com/crime/2012/05/26/newark-man-acquitted-murder-transgender-model," title="web.archive.org/web/20120529002241www.advocate.com/crime/2012/05/26/newark-man-acquitted-murder-transgender-model,">web.archive.org/web/20120529002241www.advocate.com/crime/2012/05/26/newark-man-acquitted-murder-transgender-model, 29 May 2012, Wayback Machine,
• 2011 – Dee Dee Pearson, an African American transgender woman, was murdered in Kansas City, Missouri, US, on 24 December 2011. Kenyon Jones confessed to the murder, telling police that he had paid Pierson for sex, and after he found out she was transgender, he killed her in anger.{{Citation|last=Jindasurat|first=Chai|title=Transgender Day of Remembrance; Remembering Dee Dee Pearson|newspaper=Glaad|date=20 November 2012|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/guest-post-transgender-day-remembrance-remembering-dee-dee-pearson|access-date=29 October 2014|archive-date=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029220123www.glaad.org/blog/guest-post-transgender-day-remembrance-remembering-dee-dee-pearson|url-status=live}}NEWS,fox4kc.com/2012/10/04/man-sentenced-in-transgender-murder-case, Man Sentenced in Transgender Murder Case, Aegerter, Macradee, 4 October 2012, WDAF-TV, Kansas City, Missouri, 29 October 2014, 29 October 2014,fox4kc.com/2012/10/04/man-sentenced-in-transgender-murder-case/," title="web.archive.org/web/20141029224703fox4kc.com/2012/10/04/man-sentenced-in-transgender-murder-case/,">web.archive.org/web/20141029224703fox4kc.com/2012/10/04/man-sentenced-in-transgender-murder-case/, live, He was convicted of second degree murder and armed criminal action, and was sentenced to 30 years in jail.NEWS,fox4kc.com/news/man-sentenced-in-transgender-murder-case/, Man Sentenced in Transgender Murder Case, 5 October 2012, Fox 4 Kansas City Wdaf-Tv &124; News, Weather, Sports, en-US, 17 March 2020, 5 May 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200505035356/https://fox4kc.com/news/man-sentenced-in-transgender-murder-case/, live,
• 2011 – Svetlana was a transgender woman from Moscow, Russia. She was beaten to death with a shovel by two persons, who had intended to have sex with her. It is suggested that after they learned she was transgender, they were motivated to kill her.WEB,www.ntv.ru/novosti/244421/?fb, Транссексуала забили до смерти лопатой, ntv.ru, НТВ, ru, 6 October 2019, 5 May 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200505071055/https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/244421/?fb, live,
• 2013 – Carmen Guerrero, a transgender woman was killed by her cellmate, Miguel Crespo, at Kern Valley State Prison in California’s Central Valley.WEB,www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/kern-county-district-attorney-seeks-death-penalty-for-man-who-murdered-transgender-cell-mate-at-delano-prison, Kern County District Attorney seeks death penalty for man who murdered transgender cellmate at Delano prison, 23ABC News Bakersfield, 8 November 2019, 11 November 2019, 8 November 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191108034021/https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/kern-county-district-attorney-seeks-death-penalty-for-man-who-murdered-transgender-cell-mate-at-delano-prison, live,
• 2013 – Islan Nettles, a 21-year-old African American transgender woman, was beaten to death in Harlem, New York, on 17 August after a group of at least seven men accosted her and two of her transgender friends.WEB, Kellaway, Mitch, Suspect Indicted in Beating Death of N.Y. Trans Woman Islan Nettles,www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/03/04/suspect-indicted-beating-death-ny-trans-woman-islan-nettles, The Advocate, 4 March 2015, 26 August 2015, 11 August 2015,www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/03/04/suspect-indicted-beating-death-ny-trans-woman-islan-nettles," title="web.archive.org/web/20150811085322www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/03/04/suspect-indicted-beating-death-ny-trans-woman-islan-nettles,">web.archive.org/web/20150811085322www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/03/04/suspect-indicted-beating-death-ny-trans-woman-islan-nettles, live, One of the men, James Dixon, had been flirting with her. After he realized she was transgender, he struck her. After falling down, Dixon proceeded to beat her. She died of head injuries in hospital. Her death prompted a number of protests. On 21 April 2016, Dixon was sentenced 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.WEB,www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/james-dixon-pleads-guilty-manslaughter-transgender-woman-islan-nettles-n550426, James Dixon Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter of Transgender Woman Islan Nettles, 4 April 2016, NBC News, 7 October 2019, 4 September 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190904162426/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/james-dixon-pleads-guilty-manslaughter-transgender-woman-islan-nettles-n550426, live, WEB,www.washingtonblade.com/2016/04/21/man-sentenced-for-islan-nettles-murder, Man sentenced for Islan Nettles murder, Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights, 21 April 2016, 21 April 2016, 23 April 2016,www.washingtonblade.com/2016/04/21/man-sentenced-for-islan-nettles-murder/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160423183818www.washingtonblade.com/2016/04/21/man-sentenced-for-islan-nettles-murder/,">web.archive.org/web/20160423183818www.washingtonblade.com/2016/04/21/man-sentenced-for-islan-nettles-murder/, live,
• 2013 – Dwayne Jones, a Jamaican 16-year-old, was beaten, stabbed, and run over by a car in Montego Bay on 22 July 2013, after attending a party in women’s clothing for the first time.NEWS,bigstory.ap.org/article/jamaica-transgender-teen-murdered-mob, In Jamaica, transgender teen killed by mob, McFadden, David, 11 August 2013,bigstory.ap.org/article/jamaica-transgender-teen-murdered-mob," title="web.archive.org/web/20130825181811bigstory.ap.org/article/jamaica-transgender-teen-murdered-mob,">web.archive.org/web/20130825181811bigstory.ap.org/article/jamaica-transgender-teen-murdered-mob, 25 August 2013, Associated Press, WEB,ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/627091/meurtre-transgenre-jamaique, Le meurtre d’un transgenre de 16 ans fait réfléchir la Jamaïque, 12 August 2013, CBC/Radio-Canada, 20 September 2017, 21 September 2017,ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/627091/meurtre-transgenre-jamaique," title="web.archive.org/web/20170921000608ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/627091/meurtre-transgenre-jamaique,">web.archive.org/web/20170921000608ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/627091/meurtre-transgenre-jamaique, live,
• 2014 – Jennifer Laude was murdered in Olongapo, Philippines, on 11 October. Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted of the murder.NEWS, Gomez, Jim, Cerojano, Teresa, 12 January 2015, US Marine found guilty of killing transgender Filipino, Associated Press,www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-marine-found-guilty-of-killing-transgender-filipino/ar-AAfSpgm?ocid=ansmsnnews11, 6 February 2016, 4 March 2016,www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-marine-found-guilty-of-killing-transgender-filipino/ar-AAfSpgm?ocid=ansmsnnews11," title="web.archive.org/web/20160304071313www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-marine-found-guilty-of-killing-transgender-filipino/ar-AAfSpgm?ocid=ansmsnnews11,">web.archive.org/web/20160304071313www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-marine-found-guilty-of-killing-transgender-filipino/ar-AAfSpgm?ocid=ansmsnnews11, live, Pemberton reportedly killed her after discovering she was transgender.NEWS, 15 December 2014, U.S. Marine Joseph Pemberton charged with killing Filipino transgender, Associated Press,www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marine-joseph-pemberton-charged-with-killing-filipino-transgender, 6 February 2016, 8 January 2016,www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marine-joseph-pemberton-charged-with-killing-filipino-transgender/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160108032117www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marine-joseph-pemberton-charged-with-killing-filipino-transgender/,">web.archive.org/web/20160108032117www.cbsnews.com/news/us-marine-joseph-pemberton-charged-with-killing-filipino-transgender/, live,
• 2014 – ÇaÄŸla Joker was fatally shot in Istanbul on 21 April, while another transgender woman survived. The suspects claimed that they initially wanted sexual relations with her and her friend, but shot both when they discovered they were transgender.WEB, Kellaway, Mitch, 20 November 2014, Transgender Day of Remembrance: Those We’ve Lost in 2014,www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/11/20/transgender-day-remembrance-those-weve-lost-2014, 14 June 2015, The Advocate, 16 May 2015,www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/11/20/transgender-day-remembrance-those-weve-lost-2014," title="web.archive.org/web/20150516091402www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/11/20/transgender-day-remembrance-those-weve-lost-2014,">web.archive.org/web/20150516091402www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/11/20/transgender-day-remembrance-those-weve-lost-2014, live,
• 2015 – Mercedes Williamson, aged 17, was stabbed and beaten to death with a claw hammer on 30 May 2015 by her boyfriend Joshua Vallum.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/4fd80635-a8fc-4208-9003-149a2ab26650, ‘I killed Mercedes, and she’s in hell now’, 17 January 2018, BBC, 14 February 2022, 14 February 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220214211739/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/4fd80635-a8fc-4208-9003-149a2ab26650, live, Vallum was a member of the Latin Kings gang, which forbids homosexual activity, and was forced to kill Williamson, a pre-operative transgender woman, when other members found out. Vallum was convicted of both state murder charges, for which he received life imprisonment without parole, and federal charges of hate crimes under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, for which he was sentenced to forty-nine years imprisonment; prosecutors chose not to seek life imprisonment on the federal charges, owing to Vallum’s childhood abuse.WEB,www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/joshua-vallum-sentenced-mercedes-williamson-murder-anti-transgender-hate-crime/app, Man sentenced to 49 years for anti-transgender hate crime killing, CBS News, 15 May 2017, 14 February 2022, 14 February 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220214211739/https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/joshua-vallum-sentenced-mercedes-williamson-murder-anti-transgender-hate-crime/app, live,
• 2016 – Paola Ledezma, a 27-year-old transgender woman who was rejected by her family and left her birthplace to become a sex worker in Mexico City, was shot on 30 September by client Arturo Felipe Delgadillo Olvera, who became angry after he found out that she was transgender. Delgadillo, an armed security guard, was released after a judge determined that there was insufficient evidence to conclude.WEB,suracapulco.mx/8/mata-un-escolta-a-travesti-en-la-cdmx-y-el-juez-lo-deja-libre-nadie-de-su-familia-vino-al-funeral,suracapulco.mx/8/mata-un-escolta-a-travesti-en-la-cdmx-y-el-juez-lo-deja-libre-nadie-de-su-familia-vino-al-funeral/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170729231252suracapulco.mx/8/mata-un-escolta-a-travesti-en-la-cdmx-y-el-juez-lo-deja-libre-nadie-de-su-familia-vino-al-funeral/,">web.archive.org/web/20170729231252suracapulco.mx/8/mata-un-escolta-a-travesti-en-la-cdmx-y-el-juez-lo-deja-libre-nadie-de-su-familia-vino-al-funeral/, Mata un escolta a travesti en la CDMX y el juez lo deja libre; nadie de su familia vino al funeral, suracapulco.mx, 18 October 2016, 29 July 2017, es, Nieto, Antonio,
• 2016 – Rae’Lynn Thomas, a 28-year-old African American transgender woman, was shot twice in front of her mother, and then beaten to death by James Allen Byrd in Columbus, Ohio, on 10 August, as she begged for her life.“Rae’Lynn Thomas, 28, was shot at home August 10” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814150747www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/8/11/these-are-trans-people-killed-2016slide-1 |date=14 August 2016 }}, advocate.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.WEB,www.10tv.com/article/family-southwest-columubus-woman-killed-call-it-hate-crime, Family of Columbus woman killed call it a hate crime, 12 August 2016, 10tv.com, 26 February 2017, 8 March 2017,www.10tv.com/article/family-southwest-columubus-woman-killed-call-it-hate-crime," title="web.archive.org/web/20170308213853www.10tv.com/article/family-southwest-columubus-woman-killed-call-it-hate-crime,">web.archive.org/web/20170308213853www.10tv.com/article/family-southwest-columubus-woman-killed-call-it-hate-crime, Byrd called her “the devil” and made transphobic comments.WEB,mic.com/articles/151406/rae-lynn-thomas-ohio-transgender-woman-killed-by-mom-s-ex-who-called-her-satan, Rae’Lynn Thomas, Ohio Transgender Woman, Killed by Mom’s Ex Who Called Her “Satan”, 12 August 2016, mic.com, 26 February 2017, 24 February 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170224205238/https://mic.com/articles/151406/rae-lynn-thomas-ohio-transgender-woman-killed-by-mom-s-ex-who-called-her-satan, live, Her family called for the murder to be investigated as a hate crime, but Ohio hate crime statutes do not cover gender identity.
• 2016 – Jessica Mendes Cavalcanti, 24-year-old transgender woman, was surrounded by two young men and fatally stabbed to death in the Canaa neighborhood of Uberlandia on 19 April. One of the suspects who was apprehended by police confessed that they had committed the crime because Cavalcanti was transgender.WEB,planettransgender.com/three-brazilian-trans-girls-murdered-youngest-was-14, Three Brazilian Trans females murdered, 28 April 2016, planettransgender.com, 15 July 2016, 23 July 2016,planettransgender.com/three-brazilian-trans-girls-murdered-youngest-was-14/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160723003422planettransgender.com/three-brazilian-trans-girls-murdered-youngest-was-14/,">web.archive.org/web/20160723003422planettransgender.com/three-brazilian-trans-girls-murdered-youngest-was-14/,
• 2016 – Laysa Fortuna, a 25-year-old transgender woman, was stabbed in the chest, in Aracaju, Sergipe, on 18 October 2018. The aggressor said that if Bolsonaro was elected president, all trans people and transvestites would be killed.WEB,www.brasildefato.com.br/2018/10/24/transexuais-sao-assassinadas-sob-gritos-de-bolsonaro-presidente, Transexuais são assassinadas sob gritos de “Bolsonaro presidente”, Brasil de Fato, 24 October 2018, pt-BR, 27 February 2020, 27 February 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200227182415/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2018/10/24/transexuais-sao-assassinadas-sob-gritos-de-bolsonaro-presidente, live, Bolsonaro did not comment.
• 2017 – Amna, 35 years old, and Meeno, 26 years old, both Khwaja Sara Pakistanis, were allegedly beaten to death and tortured by Saudi police in Riyadh on 28 February. Their clothing and jewelry was also confiscated by the police.NEWS,tribune.com.pk/story/1342675/two-pakistani-transgenders-tortured-death-33-others-arrested-saudi-arabia, Two transgender Pakistanis tortured to death in Saudi Arabia, The Express Tribune, 23 October 2017, 24 October 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171024211844/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1342675/two-pakistani-transgenders-tortured-death-33-others-arrested-saudi-arabia/, live,
• 2017 – Chanda Sharmeeli, a 30-year-old transgender woman, was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan, sometime on 30 August or early morning 31 August. She had been with a gathering of other trans people discussing what they believed to be a recent under-counting of Pakistan’s trans community, when a gang of armed men began harassing them, and eventually shot Chanda.WEB,www.thenews.com.pk/print/227122-Police-clueless-about-attackers-as-transwoman-shot-dead-in-DHA, Police clueless about attackers as transwoman shot dead in DHA, The News International, 31 August 2017, 31 August 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170831052815/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/227122-Police-clueless-about-attackers-as-transwoman-shot-dead-in-DHA, live,
• 2017 – Bianca, a 32-year-old transgender sex worker from Caracas, Venezuela, was beaten to death by a 29-year-old client “who was shocked by her masculine features”.WEB,www.ad.nl/binnenland/elf-jaar-cel-voor-doodslag-op-arnhemse-transgender-bianca~a43d4606/, Elf jaar cel voor doodslag op Arnhemse transgender Bianca, nl, Algemeen Dagblad, 6 December 2020, 13 May 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220513051832/https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/elf-jaar-cel-voor-doodslag-op-arnhemse-transgender-bianca~a43d4606/, live, The incident took place in her house in Arnhem, Netherlands on 29 September 2017.WEB,www.gelderlander.nl/arnhem/elf-jaar-cel-geeist-voor-doodslag-arnhemse-transgenderprostituee-bianca~a2205fdd/, Elf jaar cel geëist voor doodslag Arnhemse transgenderprostituee Bianca, nl, de Gelderlander, 6 December 2020, 16 October 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211016212844/https://www.gelderlander.nl/arnhem/elf-jaar-cel-geeist-voor-doodslag-arnhemse-transgenderprostituee-bianca~a2205fdd/, live,
• 2017 – Dandara Kettley, a 42-year-old travesti, was beaten and shot to death in Bom Jardim, a neighborhood in Fortaleza, Ceará.WEB, 4 March 2017, Polícia investiga homicídio de travesti que foi espancada até a morte no CE,g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/2017/03/policia-investiga-homicidio-de-travesti-que-foi-espancada-ate-morte-no-ce.html, 26 April 2022, G1 (website), G1, pt-br, 18 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221018062059/https://g1.globo.com/ceara/noticia/2017/03/policia-investiga-homicidio-de-travesti-que-foi-espancada-ate-morte-no-ce.html, live, WEB, 6 April 2018, Five sentenced for murder of trans woman which shocked the world,www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/06/five-sentenced-for-brutal-murder-of-transgender-woman-which-shocked-the-world/, 26 April 2022, PinkNews, en-GB, 26 April 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220426183012/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/04/06/five-sentenced-for-brutal-murder-of-transgender-woman-which-shocked-the-world/, live, WEB, 5 November 2019, Artist Honors Murdered Transgender Woman With Stunning Butterfly Wings,www.huffpost.com/entry/rubem-robierb-dandara-transgender-wings-sculpture_n_5dbc9aa8e4b0d8b441ced872, 26 April 2022, HuffPost, en, 26 April 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220426183012/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rubem-robierb-dandara-transgender-wings-sculpture_n_5dbc9aa8e4b0d8b441ced872, live,
• 2017 – Wilka, a 40-year-old Brazilian transgender woman, was attacked and killed on 26 March in Pernambuco, in the southern state of Loteamento Luiz Gonzaga. She suffered three stab wounds. According to a friend she was murdered when someone realized that she was transgender whilst attempting to rob her.NEWS,www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/02/trans-woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-the-neck-in-brazil/, Trans woman dies after being stabbed in the neck in Brazil, PinkNews, 10 April 2017, 5 April 2017,www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/02/trans-woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-the-neck-in-brazil/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170405052046www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/02/trans-woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-the-neck-in-brazil/,">web.archive.org/web/20170405052046www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/04/02/trans-woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-the-neck-in-brazil/, live, WEB,gaynewseurope.com/en/2017/03/30/one-more-trans-woman-killed, One more trans woman killed, gaynewseurope.com, 10 April 2017, 11 April 2017,gaynewseurope.com/en/2017/03/30/one-more-trans-woman-killed/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170411055336gaynewseurope.com/en/2017/03/30/one-more-trans-woman-killed/,">web.archive.org/web/20170411055336gaynewseurope.com/en/2017/03/30/one-more-trans-woman-killed/, live,
• 2018 – Following a false rumor that transgender women were kidnapping children for sex trafficking in Hyderabad, India, four transgender women were attacked by a mob on 26 May 2018. One of the women died. Local police issued an “Appeal to Public” saying that the rumors of criminal involvement by transgender women were “fake”, and that the public should not “take law into your hands... so that innocents won’t become a victim of those rumors anymore.“NEWS,edition.cnn.com/2018/05/28/asia/india-transgender-whatsapp-mob-intl/index.html, Indian mob kills transgender woman over fake rumors spread on WhatsApp, Suri, Manveena, 28 May 2018, 28 May 2018, CNN, 30 October 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201030095407/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/28/asia/india-transgender-whatsapp-mob-intl/index.html, live,
• 2018 – Nataly Briyth Sánchez, an undocumented sex worker originally from Honduras, was murdered during a sexual encounter on 19 June in Tapachula, Mexico. The client stabbed her to death after discovering that she was transgender.NEWS, Transexual woman killed inside her home,www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2018/06/21/asesinan-a-joven-trans-en-su-domicilio-en-chiapas, es-MX, 6 September 2018, 7 September 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180907110219/https://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2018/06/21/asesinan-a-joven-trans-en-su-domicilio-en-chiapas,
• 2018 – Kelly Stough, 36, an African American transgender woman, was murdered in Palmer Park, Detroit in December. Albert Weathers, 46, a preacher, has been charged with her murder, and prosecutors claim her gender identity was a motivator.Detroit pastor charged with transgender woman’s murder {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214025927www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/detroit-pastor-charged-transgender-woman-s-murder-n947236 |date=14 February 2019 }} by Tim Fitzsimons of the Associated Press (Accessed 9 February 2019)
• 2018 – Anastasiya Sapaeva, 43, an actress. Originally from Velikovo, Gorokhovetsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. She was killed in 2018 in Moscow. She became a victim of bullies who did not like her appearance.WEB, Звезда фильма «Утомленные солнцем 2» зверски убит после смены пола {{!, StarHit.ru|url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/zvezda-filma-utomlennyie-solntsem-2-zverski-ubit-posle-smenyi-pola-140238/|access-date=20 September 2021|website=www.starhit.ru|language=ru|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212940www.starhit.ru/novosti/zvezda-filma-utomlennyie-solntsem-2-zverski-ubit-posle-smenyi-pola-140238/|url-status=live}}WEB, Актера из «Утомленных солнцем-2» забили до смерти после смены пола,ura.news/news/1052329254, 20 September 2021, ura.news, 31 March 2018, 20 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210920213131/https://ura.news/news/1052329254, live,
• 2019 – Nikki Kuhnhausen, a 17-year-old transgender girl, was murdered by David Y. Bogdanov.WEB, Man, 25, faces murder allegation in death of transgender Vancouver teen,www.columbian.com/news/2019/dec/18/man-25-faces-murder-allegation-in-death-of-transgender-vancouver-teen/, 5 February 2021, The Columbian, en-US, 22 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210122154220/https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/dec/18/man-25-faces-murder-allegation-in-death-of-transgender-vancouver-teen/, live, WEB, Staff, Bob Heye and KATU, 17 December 2019, Missing transgender teen found dead in remote Clark Co., suspect faces murder charge,katu.com/news/local/missing-vancouver-teen-nikki-kuhnhausen-found-dead-in-remote-clark-county-location-suspect-arrested, 5 February 2021, KATU, 20 February 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210220011835/https://katu.com/news/local/missing-vancouver-teen-nikki-kuhnhausen-found-dead-in-remote-clark-county-location-suspect-arrested, live, Her body was identified from decayed human remains on Saturday, 7 December, in the Larch Mountain area near Vancouver, Washington. Authorities were able to identify the body as Kuhnhausen from personal effects; subsequent examination showed she died from strangulation. Kuhnhausen had previously been missing since 5 June (reported 10 June) when she left with David Y. Bogdanov, a 25-year-old male, who has since been charged with second degree murder. Authorities believe the suspect, looking for a sexual encounter, became enraged upon learning of her transgender status. On 26 February 2020, the Washington State Legislature passed the Nikki Kuhnhausen Act, outlawing the use of panic defenses based on gender and sexual identities. The act preempts the trial of Kuhnhausen’s alleged killer, and thus prevents the use of that defense.WEB,www.advocate.com/crime/2019/12/18/missing-trans-teen-found-dead-clark-county-washington, Missing Trans Teen Found Dead in Washington State, 18 December 2019, www.advocate.com, en, 29 December 2019, 28 December 2019,web.archive.org/web/20191228220143/https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/12/18/missing-trans-teen-found-dead-clark-county-washington, live, WEB,www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/us/vancouver-arrest-transgender-teen-death/index.html, Police make arrest in death of transgender teen in Vancouver, Washington, Sara, Sidner, CNN, 19 December 2019, 29 December 2019, 3 January 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200103233233/https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/us/vancouver-arrest-transgender-teen-death/index.html, live, WEB,www.columbian.com/news/2020/feb/26/senate-oks-nikki-kuhnhausen-act/, Senate OKs Nikki Kuhnhausen Act, Mize, Jeffrey, 26 February 2020, The Columbian, en-US, 27 February 2020, 27 February 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200227044148/https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/feb/26/senate-oks-nikki-kuhnhausen-act/, live,
• 2019 – Nina Surgutskaya, 25, was killed, dismembered, and partially cooked by her boyfriend Mikhail Tikhonov, a doctor, in Kursk, western Russia. He became angry upon learning that she was assigned male at birth, which was his motivation for the crime. He also flushed some of Nina’s body parts down the toilet, and put her limbs and head in a suitcase.WEB, Egan, Leigh, 23 April 2019, Doctor strangles, hacks off date’s body parts after learning she had sex reassignment surgery: Police,www.crimeonline.com/2019/04/23/doctor-strangles-hacks-off-dates-body-parts-after-learning-she-had-sex-reassignment-surgery-police/, 27 February 2020, Crime Online, en-US, 4 May 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200504205724/https://www.crimeonline.com/2019/04/23/doctor-strangles-hacks-off-dates-body-parts-after-learning-she-had-sex-reassignment-surgery-police/, live, WEB, 23 April 2019, Прошлое выдал секс: раскрыты шокирующие обстоятельства убийства транссексуала в Курске,ren.tv/novosti/2019-04-23/upustila-vazhnyy-moment-raskryty-shokiruyushchie-obstoyatelstva-ubiystva, 6 October 2019, РЕН ТВ, 6 October 2019,ren.tv/novosti/2019-04-23/upustila-vazhnyy-moment-raskryty-shokiruyushchie-obstoyatelstva-ubiystva," title="web.archive.org/web/20191006094944ren.tv/novosti/2019-04-23/upustila-vazhnyy-moment-raskryty-shokiruyushchie-obstoyatelstva-ubiystva,">web.archive.org/web/20191006094944ren.tv/novosti/2019-04-23/upustila-vazhnyy-moment-raskryty-shokiruyushchie-obstoyatelstva-ubiystva, live,
• 2019 – Chynal Lindsey, 26, an African American transgender woman, was murdered by Ruben Alvarado in Dallas, Texas. Alvarado met with Lindsey for a sexual encounter, and killed her upon discovering that she was a trans woman. He was convicted of first degree murder, and sentenced to 37 years in prison.WEB,apnews.com/article/dallas-texas-27f0204710954980ae34f43ddae56dc2, Texas man gets 37 years for murdering transgender woman, Associated Press, 11 November 2021, 12 November 2021, 12 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211112220731/https://apnews.com/article/dallas-texas-27f0204710954980ae34f43ddae56dc2, live,
• 2019 – Dime Doe, an African American transgender woman, was murdered by Daqua Lameek Ritter in Allendale, South Carolina. Ritter did not want others to know he and Doe were having an affair. In February 2024, he was found guilty of a hate crime based on gender identity, the first such federal trial in the U.S.NEWS, Man convicted in Black transgender woman’s killing in first federal hate crime trial over gender identity,www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/man-found-guilty-black-transgender-womans-killing-first-federal-hate-c-rcna140309, 23 February 2024, NBC News, Associated Press, 23 February 2024,

2020s

• 2020 – Alexa Luciano Ruiz was fatally shot in Puerto Rico on 24 February, after an incident in a local restroom.WEB,www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/us/alexa-puerto-rico-transgender-killing/index.html, A transgender woman’s brutal murder has shocked Puerto Rico and renewed a conversation about transphobia, Harmeet Kaur, Rafy Rivera, CNN, 29 February 2020, 6 June 2020, 8 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200608021443/https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/us/alexa-puerto-rico-transgender-killing/index.html, live, WEB,www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/transgender-woman-killed-puerto-rico-after-using-women-s-bathroom-n1142661, Transgender woman killed in Puerto Rico after using women’s bathroom, NBC News, 25 February 2020, 12 March 2020, 7 March 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200307121646/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/transgender-woman-killed-puerto-rico-after-using-women-s-bathroom-n1142661, live, Carmen Yulín Cruz called attention to her death before the 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election. Ms. Luciano was killed while the assailant men laughed.NEWS,www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-lgbt-trfn-idUSKBN22B37A, Wave of trans murders sparks fear of ‘hunting season’ in Puerto Rico, Reuters, 29 April 2020, www.reuters.com, 6 June 2020, 6 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200606103534/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-lgbt-trfn-idUSKBN22B37A, live,
• 2020 – Selena Reyes-Hernandez, 37, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois, on 31 May by a man she went home with, after telling him that she was transgender.NEWS, Hendrickson, Matthew, 17 June 2020, Man allegedly murdered woman after she told him she was transgender, Chicago Sun-Times,chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/16/21293263/man-murdered-transgender-woman-marquette-park, 17 June 2020, 17 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200617133628/https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/16/21293263/man-murdered-transgender-woman-marquette-park, live,
• 2020 – Brayla Stone, 17, was murdered in Arkansas in June 2020 by a man seeking to conceal his sexual relationship with her. The killer pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.WEB, McCoy, Mitch, 13 August 2021, Prosecutor: Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for Killing Transgender Teen to Hide Their Relation,www.kark.com/crime/prosecutor-man-killed-transgender-teen-to-hide-their-relationship-sentenced-to-50-years-in-prison/, 18 August 2021, Kark, 19 August 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210819011131/https://www.kark.com/crime/prosecutor-man-killed-transgender-teen-to-hide-their-relationship-sentenced-to-50-years-in-prison/, live,
• 2020 – Valera (name is changed in the report), a 46-year-old man, a janitor, was killed on 10 February in Chelyabinsk, Russia, by his dorm roommates after they learned he was a transgender man.WEB, “Нечеловеческие крики”: в Челябинске убили дворника-трансгендера,www.gazeta.ru/social/2020/03/13/13002889.shtml, 22 March 2020, Газета.Ru, 13 March 2020, ru, 22 March 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200322172050/https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2020/03/13/13002889.shtml, live,
• 2021 – Ebeng Mayor, a transgender man from Batasan Hills, Philippines, was found raped, mutilated, and killed on 20 May 2021, after being missing for three days.WEB, 22 May 2021, Trans man Ebeng Mayor mutilated, raped and murdered in disturbing hate crime,www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/22/ebeng-mayor-trans-man-philippines-mutilation-rape-murder-hate-crime/, 23 May 2021, PinkNews, Lily, Wakefield, en-GB, 23 May 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210523030121/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/22/ebeng-mayor-trans-man-philippines-mutilation-rape-murder-hate-crime/, live,
• 2022 – Briza Garces Florez, a 40-year-old Colombian transgender sex worker from the Netherlands, was stabbed to death by her 32-year-old boyfriend of Greek descent in a hotel in Wassenaar.WEB,www.ad.nl/binnenland/transgender-sekswerker-briza-40-lag-dood-in-hotelkamer-na-ruzie-met-vriend-ze-was-gek-maar-lief~a9f68cdb/, Transgender sekswerker Briza (40) lag dood in hotelkamer na ruzie met vriend: ‘Ze was gek, maar lief’, nl, Algemeen Dagblad, 9 January 2022, 9 January 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220109142711/https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/transgender-sekswerker-briza-40-lag-dood-in-hotelkamer-na-ruzie-met-vriend-ze-was-gek-maar-lief~a9f68cdb/, live, WEB,www.cocamsterdam.nl/veiligheid-2/afschuwelijke-moord-op-colombiaanse-transgender-briza-garces-florez, Afschuwelijke moord op Colombiaanse transgender Briza Garces Florez, nl, cocamsterdam, 9 January 2022, 10 January 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220110042338/https://www.cocamsterdam.nl/veiligheid-2/afschuwelijke-moord-op-colombiaanse-transgender-briza-garces-florez, live,
• 2022 – Doski Azad, a 23-year-old Kurdish transgender woman, was murdered by her brother for being transgender.NEWS, Dehghan, Saeed Kamali, 21 February 2022, Kurdish transgender woman shot by brother had been hiding from family, The Guardian,www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/21/kurdish-transgender-woman-shot-by-brother-had-been-hiding-from-family, 6 March 2022, 11 April 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220411013743/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/21/kurdish-transgender-woman-shot-by-brother-had-been-hiding-from-family, live,
• 2022 – Ariyanna Mitchell, a 17-year-old African American transgender girl from Virginia, was shot and killed by 19-year-old Jimmy LeShawn Williams with an assault rifle, after he asked her if she was transgender, and she replied, “yes”.WEB,www.pghlesbian.com/2022/04/black-trans-teen-girl-ariyanna-mitchell-17-murdered-in-virginia/, Black Trans Teen Girl Ariyanna Mitchell, 17, Murdered in Virginia, Kerr, Sue, Sue Kerr, 11 April 2022, Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, 10 August 2022, 26 September 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220926203400/https://www.pghlesbian.com/2022/04/black-trans-teen-girl-ariyanna-mitchell-17-murdered-in-virginia/, live,
• 2022 - Cherry Bush, a homeless 48-year-old transgender woman, was shot to death in Los Angeles. Her alleged killer has been charged with a hate crime.WEB,www.advocate.com/crime/2022/7/27/cherry-bush-unhoused-trans-woman-killed-alleged-hate-crime, Cherry Bush, Unhoused Trans Woman, Killed in Alleged Hate Crime, 28 July 2022, 11 October 2022, 11 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221011173214/https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/7/27/cherry-bush-unhoused-trans-woman-killed-alleged-hate-crime, live,
• 2023 - Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death in Culcheth Linear Park on 11 February 2023. Transphobia was recognised as a secondary motive for the killing by one of the two killers.NEWS,www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/02/brianna-ghey-murderers-named-sentenced-to-life-in-prison, Teenagers jailed for ‘exceptionally brutal’ murder of Brianna Ghey, The Guardian, WEB, Hirtz, Moritz & Lazaro, Life sentences for teenagers who murdered Brianna Ghey, 3 February 2024,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-68184224, bbc.co.uk, BBC, 4 February 2024,

See also

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• Bash Back!
• CeCe McDonald
• Discrimination against non-binary people
• Discrimination against transgender men
• Discrimination against transgender women
• Legal status of transgender people
• Transgender genocide
• Transgender inequality
• Transgender rights movement
• Transmisogyny
• Transphobia
• Victim blaming
• Violence against LGBT people
• Violence against trans women
• Violence against transgender people in the United States
• Violence against transgender people
• List of suicides of LGBT people

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