List of 1233 reported murdered trans persons from January 2008 to April 2013 (in reversed chronological order)

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1 List of 1233 reported murdered trans persons from January 2008 to April 2013 (in reversed chronological order) Data collected and list composed by Transgender Europe s Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide research project team Rosa Fernando Domínguez 36 Date of Death: Location of Death: Rio Negro (Bolivia) Rosa was found in her bed with three stab wounds. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Soraia (Diedson Rodrigues) 21 Date of Death: Location of Death: Arapiraca (Brazil) Soraia's dead body was found in an abonded building with three gunshot wounds in the head. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: primeiraedicao.com.br Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: Joao Pessoa (Brazil) stabbed The victim died from stab wounds with a scissor in the neck, chest and legs. The suspect confessed the murder. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans:

2 (Fernando) Domingues Rosa 36 Date of Death: Location of Death: Sao Jose de Rio Preto (Brazil) The victim was murdered with three stabs at night in her bed. Nothing was stolen and the person was known as a very happy person who was friend with everyone. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia Ángel Francisco Ramírez González 39 Date of Death: Location of Death: Jalisco (Mexico) Angel's dead body was found by her relatives inside her beauty salon. Her dead body showed several bruises and a gunshot wound. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: informador.com.mx Date of Death: Location of Death: Chihuahua (Mexico) Cause of Death: stoned The victim's body was found with a smashed face. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: zocalo.com.mx Date of Death: Location of Death: Santa Anita (Peru) Cause of Death: strangled The murderer was arrested. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: tn.com.ar

3 Cernia " Ce Ce" Dove (Acoff) 20 Date of Death: Location of Death: Olmsted Township (USA) Cemia was a person of colour. Cemia was stabbed repeatedly and dumped into a pond. Her body was found naked from the waist down. TvT project: Cleveland.com, & Newsnet Date of Death: Location of Death: Maracay (Venezuela) The victim's body was showing several gunshot wounds. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: elsiglo.com.ve Débora Moreira Mori 44 Date of Death: 22/04/13 Location of Death: Pocos de Caldas (Brazil) Deborah was killed inside her home. She was found tied and with multiple stab wounds in the neck. The murderers took her jewelry cell phone and money. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: pocosja.com.br Date of Death: 17/04/13 Location of Death: Gravatai (Brazil) The vistim was shot several times in the head. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Date of Death: Location of Death: Lara (Venezuela) The victim was attacked and killed, when trying to enter her car. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: noticias24.com

4 18 Date of Death: 14/04/13 Location of Death: Santo Andre (Brazil) The victim was shot in the head. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: g1.globo.com Wendy (Jorge Armando) Cervantes Guzmán 33 Date of Death: 09/04/13 Location of Death: Santa Cruz (Mexico) Wendy's body was found with three wounds in the neck. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: noticiasnet.mx Barbara 38 Date of Death: 06/04/13 Location of Death: Petrolina (Brazil) Cause of Death: strangled Barbara was strangled by a client who approached her on a bike and left with her. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia Abelha (Adilson Felippe) 60 Date of Death: 04/04/13 Location of Death: Piracicaba (Brazil) Abelha owned a brothel and was murdered by two men. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: g1.globo.com

5 Ashley Sinclair (Mahogany Singleton) Date of Death: 04/04/13 Location of Death: Orange County (USA) Ashley Sinclair was known as a performer. She was a person of colour. Her dead body was found in a wooded area in the Oak Ridge Area of Orange County. TvT project: CF News, Kelly Young 26 Date of Death: 03/04/13 Location of Death: Baltimore (USA) Kelly was a person of colour. Kelly was described as a fun person who was loved by everyone. The police has not yet decided, if they investigate the case as a possible hate crime. TvT project: ABC 2 News & CBS Baltimore Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: N.N Porto de Galinhas (Brazil) burned The body was found naked from the waist down and in an advanced state of decomposition. The feet, hands and head were burned. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: broncapesada24horas.blogspot.com.br Emilly Sallimeni 20 Date of Death: Location of Death: Porto Alegre (Brazil) Cause of Death: TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: homofobiamata.files.wordpress.com

6 Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: (Jeferson) Nardo Alegrete (Brazil) shot The victim was killed by a military person. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: homofobiamata.files.wordpress.com Stephanie 33 Date of Death: Location of Death: Taboao da Serra (Brazil) Cause of Death: asphyxia Stephanie s body was found lying on the floor half naked and with signs of strangulation and multiple lesions in the ears, head, chest, face and arms. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Loba 18 Date of Death: Location of Death: Igarassu (Brazil) TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: Dayana (Adán) Amilcar Iglesias San Pedro Sula (Honduras) shot Dayana was shot four times in the head. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: latribuna.hn Vanesa (Sergio) Zavala Date of Death: 29/03/13 Location of Death: Santa Fé (Argentina) Cause of Death: The body of Vanessa showed wounds in the face and anus. Police suspects a client to be the murderer. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: sinmordaza.com

7 40 Date of Death: 28/03/13 Location of Death: Minacu (Brazil) The victim was stabbed during a fight with her partner. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: dm.com.br L.A.C.M 28 Date of Death: Location of Death: Larravide y Agaces (Uruguay) Cause of Death: decapitation The partner of the victim tried to explain the murder as a suicide, but police arrested him for murder. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: subrayado.com.uy Paloma 24 Date of Death: 18/03/13 Location of Death: Goiana (Brazil) Paloma was shot in the head by a man on a motorbike. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: N.N Date of Death: 11/03/13 Location of Death: Cuiaba (Brazil) Cause of Death: asphyxia The victim was found naked in the bed with signs of strangulation. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: g1.globo.com

8 Date of Death: 09/03/13 Location of Death: Istanbul (Turkey) Cause of Death: beaten The trans person was heavily beaten four days ago in the district Meis in Istnabul. NGOs stated that in the Meis district complaints about extreme violence against trans people have been increased since October 2012 and that in the last three weeks many trans people reported that they have been attacked and received death threats. TvT project: Gay Star News Natas Date of Death: Location of Death: San Pedro Sula (Honduras) Cause of Death: stoned TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: latribuna.hn Rafaela Date of Death: 06/03/13 Location of Death: Porto Alegre (Brazil) The victim was stabbed seven times. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: noticias.terra.com.br Date of Death: 04/03/13 Location of Death: San Pedro Sula (Honduras) - TvT Project: La Tribuna,

9 30 Date of Death: Location of Death: Cordoba (Argentina) Cause of Death: stoned The victim died from a blow to the head with a cement block. She was sexually assaulted and police ruled out robbery as the motive. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: diariopanorama.com (Francisco) Evandro de- Souza 33 Date of Death: Location of Death: Cabreuva (Brazil) TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: homofobiamata.wordpress.com Bimba 14 Date of Death: 28/02/13 Location of Death: Natal (Brazil) Bimba and other teenagers were assaulted by strangers. Bimba died and another teenager was taken to hospital. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Date of Death: Location of Death: Caxias do Sul (Brazil) Cause of Death: TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia 30 Date of Death: Location of Death: Natal (Brazil) The victim was shot two times in the head. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia 9

10 Milton Patiño Chacón 21 Date of Death: Location of Death: Ciudad Armenia (Colombia) The bodies of the two victims were found inside their home with gunshot and stab wounds. Neighbors recognized them as trans people. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: caracol.com.co Miguel Antonio Villegas 37 Date of Death: Location of Death: Ciudad Armenia (Colombia) The bodies of the two victims were found inside their home with gunshot and stab wounds. Neighbors recognized them as trans people. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: caracol.com.co Date of Death: Location of Death: Acapulco (Mexico) The victim was found with several gunshot wounds. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: agenciainformativaguerrero.com Luis Ángel de la Luz Albino 16 Date of Death: Location of Death: Santa Isabel Cholula (Mexico) Cause of Death: TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: sexenio.com.mx

11 Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: (Victor) Dorado Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) The victim was killed by two minors in the beauty salon, where she worked. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: televisaregional.com Layla 18 Date of Death: 27/02/13 Location of Death: Sao Paulo (Brazil) Layla was a sex worker who was murdered in a client's apartment. The client is the suspect. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & UOL Brasil Walmir da Silva 39 Date of Death: 25/02/13 Location of Death: Jaboatao dos Guarapes (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten The victim was beaten to death. The police is suspecting a passion crime. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & NA TV Deysi (Antonio) López Díaz Date of Death: 25/02/13 Location of Death: Playa del Carmen (Mexico) The victim was shot twice in the head for not paying the weekly rate of US $ 200 to a member of a drug gang. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: DiariodeQuintanaRoo.com.mx milenio.com

12 (Jonathan) La Foitaine Duarte 33 Date of Death: 24/02/13 Location of Death: Belo Horizonte (Brazil) The victim was found with several gunshot wounds. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: noticias.r7.com GINA 40 Date of Death: Location of Death: Zulia (Venezuela) Cause of Death: downfall TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: laverdad.com Mary Lu 29 Date of Death: 20/02/13 Location of Death: Manaus (Brazil) She was murdered in a sex worker's area. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: acritica.uol.com.br Milan Boudreaux 36 Date of Death: 14/02/13 Location of Death: New Orleans (USA) Milan was shot in her own apartment togehther with her partner Akeem Boudreaux. TvT project: The Advocate, & Lexiecannes.wordpress.com Priya 40 Date of Death: 13/02/13 Location of Death: Delhi (India) Cause of Death: slit throat Police said that they ruled out the possibility of robbery as the motive and are investigating the case from personal enmity and other angles. TvT project: Hindustan Times & News Track India

13 Joelma Date of Death: 09/02/13 Location of Death: Altos (Brazil) TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & Saraiva Reporter Monica Lewinski (Odair Xavier de Lima) 38 Date of Death: 08/02/13 Location of Death: Curitiba (Brazil) TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: blogentrenos.wordpress.com Date of Death: Location of Death: Valencia (Venezuela) A man in a truck approached the trans sex worker and shot her. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: inoutpost.com Palmira (Fredy) García 37 Date of Death: Location of Death: Tubores (Venezuela) The victim was found with signs of torture and her hair was partly cut. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: elnacional.com

14 José Guadalupe Estrada Sánchez 20 Date of Death: 01/02/13 Location of Death: Zapopan (Mexico) TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: oem.com.mx Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: Marcio Sergio de Lima Embu das Artes (Brazil) stabbed A trans man was stabbed by his girlfriend. A news report states that the attack followed after both had an argumnet over not having sex. The girlfriend told the police that she realized after stabbing him, that he "was a woman". TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & O Taboense, Date of Death: Location of Death: Cause of Death: Joahana Cancun (Mexico) tortured The victim s body was found with face, hands and feet bound with duct tape. The body showed signs of torture and was marked with the letter "Z". Police suspects the crime to be related to drug trafficking. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: milenio.com Date of Death: Location of Death: Macuto (Venezuela) Cause of Death: beaten TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: panorama.com.ve

15 Vitória Conrado 18 Date of Death: 29/01/13 Location of Death: Boa Vista (Brazil) Police arrested Vitoria's boyfriend Diego Vanderson Ginaque do Nascimento as suspect. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & Roraima hoje, Karen (Cecilio Efraín) Cruz Florean 36 Date of Death: 27/01/13 Location of Death: Zimatlán de Álvarez (Mexico) The victim s dead body was found half naked. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Facebook La Tita (Roberto) Araíca 27 Date of Death: 27/01/13 Location of Death: Ciudad Sandino (Nicaragua) Tita was murdered in her home by a person named Wilmer, who she invited to her home after having drinks with him. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: nuevaya.com.ni (Romildo) da Silva Siqueira 35 Date of Death: 24/01/13 Location of Death: Recife (Brazil) Cause of Death: stoned Police believes that the murder is reated to sex wor. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & Folha PE,

16 Alejandra (Alexis) 28 Date of Death: 24/01/13 Location of Death: Cartagena (Colombia) Cause of Death: beaten The local trans community complaint, that Alejandra died due to insufficient treatment in the hospital to which she was transferred after a fight in November TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: eluniversal.com.co Agata 19 Date of Death: 23/01/13 Location of Death: Camapua (Brazil) TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & Costaricaviola, Natalya (Juan Carlos) Parra Valbuena 30 Date of Death: Location of Death: Maracaibo (Venezuela) She was shot two times and died. Trans sex workers who worked in the area declared taht two brother are requesting money from the trans sex workers. When they do not recieve the money, they attack the trans people at night. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: laverdad.com Date of Death: Location of Death: Caracas (Venezuela) Cause of Death: run over by car TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: diariolavoz.net

17 (Jeckson José) González Urdaneta Date of Death: 19/01/13 Location of Death: Maracaibo (Venezuela) Cause of Death: Two trans persons have been reported murdered. Only one could be identified. TvT project. Panorama Cecilia Marahouse Date of Death: 11/01/13 Location of Death: Fortaleza (Brazil) Cecilia was shot six times. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: dialogospoliticos.wordpress.com Tiffany (Wesly) Holder 19 Date of Death: 11/01/13 Location of Death: Georgetown (Guyana) Cause of Death: slit throat The victim was a sex worker and was murdered by three men. The police arrested three suspects. A relative said that the victim knew her murderes and that they had sex with her, before murdering her. Activists from the NGO Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) noted that "violence against transgender sex workers is way too common in Guyana, underscoring that many incidents go unreported because the victims fear that no action will be taken against the perpetrators" and added laws which criminalise cross- dressing and same- sex intimacy provide institutional validation for the prejudices which fuel violence against sexual and gender minorities. TvT project: Guyana Chronicle Online, & Guyana Times Nathalia Anne Gonzales (Legal name: Russel Fritz Saliganan) 32 Date of Death: 11/01/13 Location of Death: Quezon City (Philippines) Philippine NGOs STRAP and GANDA Filipinas condemned the disrespectful media reporting and called for a speedy investigation of the murder of Ms Gonzales. TvT project: The Philippine Star, & STRAP & GANDA Filipinas 17

18 Fernanda 32 Date of Death: 10/01/13 Location of Death: Viamo (Brazil) Fernanda was attacked by two men in a car. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Ale (Gustavo) Yagualca 24 Date of Death: 09/01/13 Location of Death: Buenos Aires (Argentina) Cause of Death: TvT project: El Tribuno, (Daniel) Mendoza Macías 21 Date of Death: 08/01/13 Location of Death: Monterrey (Mexico) Cause of Death: decapitation The victim was kidnapped from the bar, where she was working by an armed gang. The next day she was found dead. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: puntoxpunto.mx Date of Death: 08/01/13 Location of Death: Sarasota (USA) Police investigate the murder as a possible hate crime. TvT project: My Sun Coast, Nicole Galisteu (Bruno Borges Generoso) 20 Date of Death: 06/01/13 Location of Death: Curitiba (Brazil) The victim went to a night club with four young man, kissing one of them. After they realized that the victim was a trans person, they killed her. Police has arrested three suspects of the transphobic murder. TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & CGN

19 Günce Hatun 19 Date of Death: 05/01/13 Location of Death: Istanbul (Turkey) Günce was shot by a man who was claimed to pursue a relationship with her. TvT project: Bianet News Evon Young (Yung LT) 22 Date of Death: 01/01/13 Location of Death: Milwaukee (USA) Cause of Death: beaten Young, a trans man and rapper, was taken by several men to a basement, choked him with a chain and taped a plastic bag over his head and beat him with tools until he died. Police suspects a gang homicide. TvT project: Twin Cities Raissa (Edivaldo) Quevedo da Fonseca 32 Date of Death: 31/12/12 Location of Death: Campo Grande (Brazil) Cause of Death: TvT project: Campo Grande News, (Luis Carlos) Guerra Susaya 39 Date of Death: 31/12/12 Location of Death: Milan (Italy) Cause of Death: beaten The victim was of Peruvian descent. TvT project: Trome.pe, & Crimeblog.it, N. N. 25 Date of Death: 26/12/12 Location of Death: Aracaju (Brazil) Cause of Death: The victim was probably raped before she was murdered. She was described as a black person. TvT project: Globo,

20 Camila Date of Death: 24/12/12 Location of Death: Novo Gama (Brazil) Cause of Death: decapitated The two trans persons were decapitated in the house in which they lived together. After the murders the perpetrator(s) set the house on fire. Family members reported that the two have received death threats before. The police is investigating the murder as a homophobic hate crime. TvT project: Homofobiamata.wordpress, & Myclipp info, Dalva (Jose (Dalvanei Alves Pereira 37 Date of Death: 24/12/12 Location of Death: Novo Gama (Brazil) Cause of Death: decapitated The two trans persons were decapitated in the house in which they lived together. After the murders the perpetrator(s) set the house on fire. Family members reported that the two have received death threats before.the police is investigating the murder as a homophobic hate crime. TvT project: Homofobiamata.wordpress, & Myclipp info, Jonara (Romario) Gomes dos Santos Date of Death: 21/12/12 Location of Death: Socorro (Brazil) The police arrested a suspect who confessed the murder stating "revenge" as a motive. TvT project: Homofobiamata.wordpress, NN Date of Death: 16/12/12 Location of Death: San Pedro Sula (Honduras) The victim was brought to the hospital with gunshot wounds in the head. She later died in the hospital. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans. El Tiempo, periódico online

21 Gunce Hatun 19 Date of Death: 15/12/12 Location of Death: Istanbul (Turkey) Turkish news reports say that police arrested a man who is a driver for a private bank. He claimed Hatun tried to force her way into his car. TvT project: Gay Star News, Thongam Romeo 28 Date of Death: 14/12/12 Location of Death: Imphal (India) Cause of Death: hanged TvT project: Imphal Free Press, (Bura) Srinivas 35 Date of Death: 28/12/12 Location of Death: Visakhapatnam (India) Cause of Death: tortured The victim was in police custody and was brought to a hospital, where she died. Civil liberties organizations alleged that the victim died after she was tortured by the police and have demanded a judicial inquiry. Police authorities made wild allegations against the deceased in a bid to discredit him and hush up the case. They argued that the victim was 'a vagabond after he lost his parents when he was a teenager and had even become a eunuch.' Newspapers reported, that this takes the total count of custodial deaths in the police station to four in the last two years. TvT project: The Times of India, & Francisco René Zaldívar Robles 35 Date of Death: 07/12/12 Location of Death: San Luis Potosi (Mexico) Cause of Death: stoned The victim's body was found near a canal showing strokes, which were caused by stones. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: La Policiaca.com, periódico online,

22 N. N. Date of Death: 06/12/12 Location of Death: (Colombia) Cause of Death: The organisation CARIBE mentioned this case together with four others in a report. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: El Universal.com, Periódico Online N. N. Date of Death: 06/12/12 Location of Death: (Colombia) Cause of Death: The organisation CARIBE mentioned this case together with four others in a report. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: El Universal.com, Periódico Online N. N. Date of Death: 06/12/12 Location of Death: (Colombia) Cause of Death: The organisation CARIBE mentioned this case together with four others in a report. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: El Universal.com, Periódico Online N. N. Date of Death: 06/12/12 Location of Death: (Colombia) Cause of Death: The organisation CARIBE mentioned this case together with four others in a report. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: El Universal.com, Periódico Online

23 Maura Ribeira 27 Date of Death: 06/12/12 Location of Death: Callao (Peru) Cause of Death: slit throat Maura was brutally murdered. The perpetrator first cut her wrists and then her throat. TvT project: Panamericana TV, Renata Date of Death: 05/12/12 Location of Death: Toluca (Mexico) The victim was shot in the back. TvT project: El Universal, & Diario Portal, Yeisi (Yeison) Ramirez Acosta 22 Date of Death: 03/12/12 Location of Death: Mangague (Colombia) TvT project: El Espacio, Alison Cohuo Pech Date of Death: 01/12/12 Location of Death: Cancun (Mexico) The victim was stabbed 42 times. TvT project: Noticieros Televisas, Date of Death: November, 2012 Location of Death: Barrio La Hoya, Tegucigalpa (Honduras) Cause of Death: The victim s body was found with the hands tied on the back and the face covered with tape. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans proceso.hn 23

24 Date of Death: November, 2012 Location of Death: Cancun (Mexico) The victim was stabbed 39 times. TvT project: Diario de Quinrtana Roo, Date of Death: November, 2012 Location of Death: Rome (Italy) Cause of Death: The victim was found half- naked. TvT project: Associazione radicale Certi Diritti - Nuovo Pasesera Roberta (Goncalver) Siqueira Herbert 31 Date of Death: Location of Death: Rome (Italy) Police arrested 22year- old Mirko di Mario, who confessed the murder, stating that it was self- defense and that Roberta tried to steal his wallet. Roberta was of Brazilian descent. TvT project: Il Mattino, N.N Date of Death: 24/11/12 Location of Death: Mexico Ciudad (Mexico) Cause of Death: run over by car The victim was run over by car in Avenida Ignacio Zaragoza and died there. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Noticias Terra.com.mx Date of Death: 22/11/12 Location of Death: Vidisha (India) Cause of Death: TvT project: Times of India,

25 Fernanda (Daniel) Queiroz 23 Date of Death: 21/11/12 Location of Death: Cuiaba (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten After being beaten to death the victim was burned. The police suspects involvement in drug traffic. TvT project: Midia News, (Rener) Lopes Ribeiro 34 Date of Death: 21/11/12 Location of Death: Porto Velho (Brazil) The police suspects that the victim was shot by a client. TvT project: Rondoniagora/Jornal Policial, (Lucas Vitor) Oliveira Alves da Silva 15 Date of Death: 20/11/12 Location of Death: Fortaleza (Brazil) The victim was executed. TvT project: Homofobiamata.wordpress, Kiara Villanueva 33 Date of Death: 17/11/12 Location of Death: Boca Chica (Dominican Republic) Kiara was one of the founders of the trans organization "TRANSSA2 (Trans Sempre Amigas). TvT project: Que pasa gay, Sabrina 30 Date of Death: 16/11/12 Location of Death: Malaga (Spain) Sabrina was of Moroccan descent. Police arrested the victim's boyfriend on suspicion of the crime. TvT project: ABC de Sevilla, ; Diario Progresista & generofluido.wordpress.com 25

26 Date of Death: 10/11/12 Location of Death: Brasilia (Brazil) TvT project: Correiro Braziliense (Lúcio) Lopes Farias 32 Date of Death: 08/11/12 Location of Death: Araraquara (Brazil) The victim was shot in the head. TvT project: Comando VP, Mônica (Edmilson Pedro) dos Santos 42 Date of Death: 08/11/12 Location of Death: Curitiba (Brazil) Cause of Death: tortured The victim's body was found with signs of torture and legs and arms tied. TvT project: Homofobiamata.wordpress, Cassandra Flores Zapata 39 Date of Death: 03/11/12 Location of Death: Rouen (France) Cause of Death: asphyxiation The victim was of Peruvian descent and her body was found partially burned. TvT project: Le nouvelle observatuer Melissa (Fábio) Duarte do Nascimento 29 Date of Death: 02/11/12 Location of Death: Várzea Grande, MG (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten Melissa was a sex worker. She was beaten to death in a sex workers' area after an argument with three persons. TvT project: News Cuiabá, online portal,

27 Luisana (Luis) Gaspar Rojas 35 Date of Death: 01/11/12 Location of Death: Asuncion (Paraguay) Luisana was stabbed to death by a prison inmate. TvT project: Acroglasi, Kelly (Valdir) Mota da Conceicao 47 Date of Death: October, 2012 Location of Death: R. Jaboirana, Manaus, AM (Brazil) The victim had been missing since 12 October The dead body was found on 14 October 2012, showing stab wounds. The police believe the murder was related to robbery. TvT project: A Critica, Date of Death: October, 2012 Location of Death: Calle Nemesio García Naranjo, Emiliano Zapata, Ecatepec, Mexico (Mexico) The victim was killed with a gunshot in the neck. Another person had been killed before in the same municipality. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans Angy (Ángel) Hernández Rosales 23 Date of Death: 31/10/12 Location of Death: Calle Morelos, Cuautlixco, Cuautla, Morelos (Mexico) Angy was killed by an unknown person inside her own apartment. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans El Emo (Hugo Enrique) Sánchez Renaud 35 Date of Death: October, 2012 Location of Death: Las Americas, Tapachula, Chiapas (Mexico) The victim s body was found decapitated and with signs of violence and torture. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans

28 N.N 16 Date of Death: October, 2012 Location of Death: Sección E, Colonia Federación, Ecatepec, Mexico (Mexico) The victim s body was fettered on the knees and ankles inside the living room. It showed marks of two stab wounds, in the belly and the right leg. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans La Vicky (Víctor Manuel) Cool Canul 36 Date of Death: October, 2012 Location of Death: Calle Venustiano Carranza de Bonfil, Cancún, Quintana Roo (Mexico) Vicky was attacked by a neighbour and hairdresser who when being detained stated that he was a saviour like Jesus and that he killed the homosexual stylist with machete slashes because he was the demon and he did not want him to do any further harm. Vicky had received threats by the aggressor, called Delfino, before and had reported him to the police. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Diario de Quintana Roo, Online Malena Suarez Date of Death: October, 2012 Location of Death: Carolina (Puerto Rico) Marina was a trans activist of Transexuales y Transgeneros en Marcha. Members of her organization believe that Marina was killed because she was transgender. She was the 30th victim of known anti- LGBT- violence in the last 10 years in Puerto Rico. TvT project: Windy City Media Sara (Italo) Souza Santos 25 Date of Death: 29/10/12 Location of Death: BR- 251, Monte Claros, MG (Brazil) TvT project: Montesclaros.com, online portal,

29 Erla (Cristian) Amaral de Loiola 19 Date of Death: 28/10/12 Location of Death: Sorriso, MT (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten The victim's body was found in a sex workers' area with gunshot wounds in the back and the arm. TvT project: MT Noticias, online portal, Kiran (Naseer) Khan 30 Date of Death: 28/10/12 Location of Death: Karachi (Pakistan) TvT project: The InternationalNews Rayza (Emerson) Morais Costa 18 Date of Death: 27/10/12 Location of Death: Estr. Da Ceasa, Belém, PR (Brazil) The victim's body was found fettered on hands and feet with gunshot wounds in the head and the thorax. TvT project: Diario Online, online portal, Serap (Mustafa Serkan) G. 28 Date of Death: 24/10/12 Location of Death: Antalya (Turkey) The victim was stabbed to death. Her throat was cut by two perpetrators. TVT project: TGEU SC member Kemal Ordek Madona 39 Date of Death: 23/10/12 Location of Death: Aracaju, SE (Brazil) Cause of Death: stoned Madonna was attacked on 19 October by unknown individuals who hit her with cobblestones. She was taken to hospital, where she died. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans ; TvT project: Infonet, online portal,

30 N.N Date of Death: 23/10/12 Location of Death: Paripé, Salvador, BA (Brazil) Cause of Death: stoned The victim was attacked and killed by the partner. Neighbours reported that the victim had suffered constant violence by the partner. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: noticias.terra.com.br Karla (César) Hernández Muñoz 23 Date of Death: 18/10/12 Location of Death: Ciudad Salamanca, Estado de Guanajuato (Mexico) Karla entered a white truck, and shortly after her dead body was found with a gunshot wound in the back. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans Date of Death: 17/10/12 Location of Death: Sao Vicente, SP (Brazil) The vicitim was shot at a sex workers' area. According to witnesses, a person left a vehicle, fired several shots at the victim and fled the scene. TvT project: Noticias R7, online portal, Jade (Luiz Sávio Claudio) Mello 46 Date of Death: 17/10/12 Location of Death: R. Hormell Nunes Duarte, Cassino, RS (Brazil) The victim was stabbed in the early morning on a street and died in hospital hours later. TvT project: Jornal Agora, online portal,

31 Date of Death: 15/10/12 Location of Death: Carretera Puerto Marqués- Cayaco, Alejo Peralta, Guerrero (Mexico) The body was found on a pavement and showed various gunshot wounds. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans Luisa (July César) Cedeño Morgan Date of Death: 15/10/12 Location of Death: Colonia Américas Uno (Nicaragua) Cause of Death: stoned The victim and the suspected perpetrator, Didier Orión, returned home in a taxi. When they were near their respective apartments, the victim went to urinate, when the aggressor attacked her with a cobblestone, beating her to death with six blows. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans. NuevaYa.com.Ni Janette Tovar 43 Date of Death: 15/10/12 Location of Death: Dallas (USA) Cause of Death: blunt head trauma According to the police Janette was murdered by her partner, who beat her and slammed her head into the concrete. He was later arrested for her murder TvT project: Dallas Voice & ; Planet Transgender Shakira (Ronaldo) Rodrigues dos Santos 34 Date of Death: 13/10/12 Location of Death: Abreu e Lima, PE (Brazil) The victim was having drinks inside a bar with friends. After an argument, she was shot into the head. TvT project: Diario de Pernambuco,

32 Dalila (Russel Keim) Wodzinski Rosa 37 Date of Death: 10/10/12 Location of Death: R. Kesser Zattar, Joinville, SC (Brazil) The victim was a sex worker and shot together with a man, who survived severely wounded. TvT project: Nd Online, online portal, Shaeila (Wanderson) Da Silva 24 Date of Death: 07/10/12 Location of Death: Av. Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP (Brazil) Cause of Death: run- over by car Shaeila entered a motel with a client. After they left in a car, she was seen leaving and being run- over by the car. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Ultimosegundo Gabi (Robson) Souza de Almeida 21 Date of Death: 07/10/12 Location of Death: R. das Crianças, Cuiabá, MT (Brazil) The aggressor entered the apartment on the early morning of the 6th and stabbed four persons various times with a knife, killing the victim. The aggressor had had an amorous relationship with one of the victims. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: G1.globo.com ; TvT project: 24 Horas News, online portal, Luisa Duran Date of Death: 06/10/12 Location of Death: Santa Cruz (Bolivia) The victim was stabbed 52 times. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans

33 Dayana (Sergio) Ramos 34 Date of Death: 01/10/12 Location of Death: El Rosario, Sinaloa (Mexico) Dayana had received anonymous threats and her murder was considered to be an execution. The aggressor shot fired seven shots at the victim inside a shop. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Portal El Debate Date of Death: September, 2012 Location of Death: Rua Tamoios, Sorocaba, SP (Brazil) Cause of Death: burned The victim had been tortured and the body was found burned with hands and feet fettered and wounds in the face near a sex workers' area. The body had been dragged on a street, wrapped in a blanket. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans, TvT project: Lorena Layana (Carlos Henrique) Fortunato da Silva 27 Date of Death: September, 2012 Location of Death: Paulista, PE (Brazil) The victim s body was found on a river bank and showed various shot wounds. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: AO Vivo HOTVClube ; TvT project: Quem a Homofobia Matou Hoje?, online portal, N.N Date of Death: September, 2012 Location of Death: Villa Tablita, Brisas del Paraíso, Estado de Bolívar (Colombia) Cause of Death: stoned The victim was killed with blows of a concrete block on the head. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: BLOG CORREO DEL CARONÍ

34 Sammy (Miguel Ángel) Chóez Cedeño 29 Date of Death: 30/09/12 Location of Death: Anconcito, Santa Elena (Ecuador) Cause of Death: strangled The victim was reportedly suffocated by a friend who was also a trans person. The alleged perpetrator was arrested. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans Date of Death: September, 2012 Location of Death: Calle Sauce, La Floresta, Poza Rica, Veracruz (Mexico) Cause of Death: beaten The victim s body showed marks of blows and was found in a state of decomposition within a cistern. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: GolpePolitico.com Francesca (Francisco) Chique Torres Date of Death: September, 2012 Location of Death: Pucallpa, Madre de Dios (Peru) The victim was fettered by the aggressor and stabbed four times in the chest and back and cut in the throat deeply. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans travitasperu.blogspot.mx Date of Death: September, 2012 Location of Death: Avda. Carlos Brussa, Montevideo (Uruguay) The victim was executed with a gunshot in the head. The body was found mutilated and partly burned in a park. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Portal Digital El País

35 Carlinha (Carlos Henrique) 19 Date of Death: 29/09/12 Location of Death: Ariquemes, RO (Brazil) Cause of Death: abandoned bar TvT project: G1, online portal, Tchesca (Francesco Felipe) Vieira Pinho 29 Date of Death: 29/09/12 Location of Death: R. Rachid Cury, Pirjuí, SP (Brazil) Cause of Death: TvT project: Rede Bom Dia, online portal, ; Quem a Homofobia Matou Hoje?, online portal, January Marie Lapuz 26 Date of Death: 29/09/12 Location of Death: New Westminster (Canada) January Marie Lapuz was the first transgender person to hold an executive position with Sher Vancouver, a support group for South Asian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. TvT Project: Xtra, ; CTV British Colombia, (Miguel Angelo) Basil 36 Date of Death: 26/09/12 Location of Death: Realeza, Manhuaçu, MG (Brazil) Cause of Death: The victim was reportedly attacked by three men, who demanded paid sexual services, started an argument and killed her. TvT project: Cabuloso, online portal, Wilmer Amundaray 27 Date of Death: 26/09/12 Location of Death: Autopista Regional del Centro (ARC), Guácara (Venezuela) Cause of Death: run- over by car The authorities believe that the victim tried to cross the street or was intentionally pushed by another person. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans

36 Raiony Batalha 40 Date of Death: 24/09/12 Location of Death: Alvorada II, Manaus, AM (Brazil) Cause of Death: The victim had received various death threats by a neighbour before she was found dead in her own apartment. TvT project: D24AM, online portal, Date of Death: 23/09/12 Location of Death: Montevideo (Uruguay) The victim's body was found mutilated and burned. TvT project: Montevideo Portal, Michele (Romário) Ribeiro de Almeida 18 Date of Death: 22/09/12 Location of Death: Tamarana, PR (Brazil) The victim's body was found on a highway. The day before, she had reportedly been beaten after wrongly being accused of stealing a mobile phone. TvT project: O Diario, online portal, Victoria (Marcos Gustavo) da Silva Costa 21 Date of Death: 16/09/12 Location of Death: Votuporanga, SP (Brazil) The police considered Victoria s murder a hate crime, since she was decapitated, and the penis and one ear were cut off. The body was found near a garbage dumpster. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans ; TvT project: Regiao Noroeste, online portal,

37 (Anderson Xavier) de Almeida Lousada 28 Date of Death: 15/09/12 Location of Death: Santa Rita, Vila Velha, ES (Brazil) The victim was working in a bar with her uncle when two men came in and fired shots at them, killing de Almeida and shooting her uncle in the hand. TvT project: Folha Vitória, (Wilson) Alves de Souza 44 Date of Death: 11/09/12 Location of Death: Riberao Preto, SP (Brazil) The victim was a sex worker and was shot by a prison guard, who said the reason was that Alves de Souza stole his mobile phone two days earlier. TvT project: Quem a Homofobia Matou Hoje?, online portal, Shola Date of Death: 11/09/12 Location of Death: Gujranwala (Pakistan) Cause of Death: slit throat Shola s throat was slit by three unidentified men as she refused to dance in a wedding ceremony. TvT Project: SAMAA TV ; Independent News Pakistan N.N Date of Death: 08/09/12 Location of Death: Av. Mal. Costa E Silva, Ribeirão Preto, SP (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten The body was found by the employee of a gas station nearby and showed wounds in the head. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: G1.Globo.com ; TvT project: Tribuna Ribeirao, online portal,

38 Ivonne (Antonio) Date of Death: 08/09/12 Location of Death: Villa Tablita, Brisas del Sur, Bolivar (Venezuela) Cause of Death: stoned A relative found Ivonne s body. The perpetrator had killed her with a big boulder. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans Sandy (Cléber) Duraes Rosa Vugo 24 Date of Death: 07/09/12 Location of Death: Cujubim, RO (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten According to one report, the victim was beaten to death on 17 September 2012 in an area used by homeless people (moradores de rua) in the state of Sao Paulo by unknown persons who came by in a car. According to a second report, the victim was beaten to death on 11 September 2012 by an ex- lover who confessed the crime in the state of Roraima. TvT project: Diário SP, online portal, ; Veja Noticias, (Juliano) Almeida de Andrade Date of Death: 07/09/12 Location of Death: Ns. de Lourdes, Aparecida de Goiânia, GO (Brazil) According to the police, three travestis were on a street doing sex work when a armed men approached, commanded them to lie down and shot them dead. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Campograndenews Gabriela (Valdir) de Santana Date of Death: 07/09/12 Location of Death: Ns. de Lourdes, Aparecida de Goiânia, GO (Brazil) According to the police, three travestis were on a street doing sex work when a armed men approached, commanded them to lie down and shot them dead. TvT project: Quem a Homofobia Matou Hoje?, online portal,

39 Milena Date of Death: 07/09/12 Location of Death: Ns. de Lourdes, Aparecida de Goiânia, GO (Brazil) According to the police, three travestis were on a street doing sex work when a armed men approached, commanded them to lie down and shot them dead. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Campograndenews Windney (Carlos) Machado da Silva 20 Date of Death: 07/09/12 Location of Death: Goiânia, GO (Brazil) Two men were involved in the killing of Windney. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Campograndenews ; TvT project: Quem a Homofobia Matou Hoje?, online portal, Date of Death: 06/09/12 Location of Death: Taubaté, SP (Brazil) The victim was fatally shot in the head. A condom, the victim s cell phone and the bullet casing belonging to a weapon used exclusively by the police were found nearby. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: G1.globo.com Juana Paola Ríos Muñoz 31 Date of Death: Location of Death: Ribas (Venezuela) The victim was found with a gunshot wound in the face and several stab wounds in the neck. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: 39

40 Date of Death: 04/09/2012 Location of Death: Pisa (Italy) Cause of Death: run over by car She was of Brazilian descent. TvT project: Associazione radicale Certi Diritti - Firenze Ogginotizie Kyra Kruz 27 Date of Death: 03/09/12 Location of Death: Philadelphia (USA) Kyra was a counsellor at the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative TvT project: Inquirer, ; Montgomery News, Carla Date of Death: 02/09/12 Location of Death: Av. Comendador Norberto Marcondes, Campo Mourao, PR (Brazil) The victim was shot around 10 pm by two persons on a motorbike. TvT project: Programa Ricardo Borges, online portal, Nelson Daniel Cruz 26 Date of Death: August, 2012 Location of Death: Zona 1, Guatemala City (Guatemala) The victim was reportedly stabbed to death by another trans person. TvT partner organization: Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Larissa Silveira 24 Date of Death: August, 2012 Location of Death: Rodovia Cornélio Pires, SP (Brazil) The victim was found dead on a highway with gunshot wounds in the chest and face. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Parautudo.com ; TvT project: Gay 1 Sao Paulo,

41 Anita (Erivaldo) Domingos dos Santos 28 Date of Death: August, 2012 Location of Death: Campina Grande, PB (Brazil) The victim's body was found on 29 August 2012, but she had been missing since the 23rd. TvT project: Jornal da Paraiba, online portal, Date of Death: August, 2012 Location of Death: Tres Lagoas, MS (Brazil) The victim's body was found in a rural area on 7 August 2012 and had been lying there for at least 30 days. TvT project: Aqui da Uana News, N.N 30 Date of Death: August, 2012 Location of Death: Penjamo, Guanajuato (Mexico) Cause of Death: decapitated An anonymous call alerted the police about the victim s body, which showed multiple stab wounds, one of the them in the face. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans Viviana (Arnulfo Manuel) López Moreno 18 Date of Death: August, 2012 Location of Death: Chihuahua, Chihuahua (Mexico) Cause of Death: Viviana was killed by her partner, who after being arrested said that they had had arguments because he did not agree with her doing sex work and wanting to have silicone implants. He buried the body on the own property, and the remains were later found by a dog. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Tabasco Hoy.com

42 Natasha (Alex) Sandro de Moraes Camilo 23 Date of Death: 29/08/12 Location of Death: Clementina, SP (Brazil) Cause of Death: beaten The victim was fatally attacked with an axe. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: G1.globo.com ; TvT project: Noticias Terra, Robson Franco Pereira 26 Date of Death: 27/08/12 Location of Death: Campinas, SP (Brazil) TvT project: Quem a Homofobia Matou Hoje?, online portal, N.N Date of Death: 27/08/12 Location of Death: Rio Branco do Sul, PR (Brazil) According to witnesses, a man had approached a trans woman and a child who were on a public square and shot both of them. The first shot hit the trans woman s face and the second one the child s cheek. TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: Jornalismo Carol Date of Death: 26/08/12 Location of Death: Rua Barão de São Domingos, Manaus, AM (Brazil) The victim was stabbed by the vendor Elenice Andrade de Almeida after both reportedly had an argument and the victim had called her a 'prostitute' TvT project: Em Tempo, online portal, Deja (Dewayne) Jones 33 Date of Death: 26/08/12 Location of Death: Miami, FL (USA) TvT project: CBS Local,