On occasion of the International Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), TGEU is releasing the 2022 update of Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM).2
The year 2022 saw 327 reported murders of trans and gender-diverse people between 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2022. With 222 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean remains the region that reported most of the murders.
Cases from Estonia and Switzerland were reported for the first time this year. The victims were migrant Black trans women – Sabrina Houston from Jamaica and Cristina Blackstar from Brazil. They were both stabbed to death in their own residences.
TMM 2022 data shows that:
- 327 trans and gender-diverse people were reported murdered;
- Cases from Estonia and Switzerland were reported for the first time – both victims were migrant Black trans women;
- 95% of those murdered globally were trans women or trans feminine people;
- Half of murdered trans people whose occupation is known were sex workers;
- Of the cases with data on race and ethnicity, racialised trans people3 make up 65% of the reported murders;
- 36% of the trans people reported murdered in Europe were migrants;
- 68% of all the murders registered happened in Latin America and the Caribbean; 29% of the total happening in Brazil;
- 35% of the murders took place on the street and 27% in their own residence;
- Most of the victims who were murdered were between 31 and 40 years old.
For more information regarding the report on the data obtained through Trans Murder Monitoring (TMM), read the official announcement of the TGEU: https://transrespect.org/en/tmm-update-tdor-2022/