23/12/2023
The Euronews cable television channel says that "The level of murders of transgender and gender-diverse people across the globe shows no sign of slowing down." The summary cane from the group Transgender Europe ahead of the European wide Transgender Awareness Week in November. “Despite the advancements in trans rights in the last decade, deadly violence against trans people remains at a consistently high level,” a spokesperson for TGEU told Euronews. Globally, at least 320 trans and gender-diverse people were reported murdered between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023. It is likely that there is a significant underreporting of violence against trans people as well, because some authorities will neglect to register that a murder victim's gender history included transition. TGEU say the data surrounding the murders suggest there are concerning trends when it comes to the intersections of misogyny, racism, xenophobia, and whorephobia. The majority of victims were Black and trans women of colour, and trans sex workers - many killed in Europe were migrants or refugees too. TGEU who compiled this data is a trans-led, membership-based nonprofit for the rights and wellbeing of trans people in Europe and Central Asia. TGEU represents over 200 member organisations in 50 countries. You can find them online with many reports and analyses free to download.
