Trans Murder Monitoring Project: 333 cases of reported murders of trans people in the last 2 years
Questioning Transphobia
By Helen G
17 March, 2010
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The number of reports of murdered trans people is increasing!
The preliminary results show an increase in the number of reports of murdered trans people over the last years. In 2008 the murder of a trans person is reported every third day, on average, in 2009 the murder of a trans person is reported every second day, on average. Yet, we know, even these high numbers are only a fraction of the real figures. The truth is much worse. These are only the reported cases which could be found through internet research. There is no formal data and it is impossible to estimate the numbers of unreported cases.