More than 350 trans people will be killed in 2024

A “sobering” report from the Trans Murder Monitoring project, timed to coincide with Trans Day of Remembrance, showed that more than 350 trans and gender diverse people will be killed in 2024.

In front Trans Day of Remembrance Transgender Europe and Central Asia (TGEU) published its annual report on Wednesday, November 20, showing that 350 transgender people were killed worldwide between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024. 321 previous years.

The report added that the data found “concerning” trends when it came to the intersection of racism, xenophobia and prejudice against sex workers: 93 percent of victims were black trans people or trans people of color, while 46 percent were transgender workers.

According to TGEU, this number is one of the highest death rates since the monitoring project began in 2008. This may be due to “concerted efforts by anti-gender and anti-rights movements to instrumentalize and vilify transgender people.”

“We have seen a steady increase in levels. online and offline hate speech and hate crimesEspecially from political actors, religious and faith leaders, public figures,” a spokesman for the group said.

“This increase is driven by manipulative disinformation resulting from the absence of strong hate crime legislation protecting gender identity and expression and a lack of accountability from social media companies to ensure information integrity.”

Although the total number of murders recorded since the project began has risen to over 5,000, TGEU claimed that the report only offered a “glimpse of the real situation” as many cases went unreported or victims were misgendered.

Ymania Brown, managing director of the project, said: “TGEU compiles data on trans murders globally every year to highlight how much higher risk trans people’s lives are at compared to other people.

“This year we face the sobering milestone of 5,000 murders documented since the start of the Trans Homicide Watch project. As we know, we trans people and communities around the world are tired of constantly asking: When will this violence end?

“States should take immediate action against increasing energy consumption” anti-trans hate speech We attack and break this cycle of violence. Our lives depend on it.”

‘Unacceptable and inexcusable’ violence

Because his death was so recent, it was not included in the figures. Quanesha “Cocoa” Shantela black trans woman and drag queen who died just a few days ago in North Carolina. She had recently enrolled in nursing school and was described by loved ones as “radiant” and “full of joy.”

Shantel was the 30th transgender or gender diverse person killed in the United States this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

Tori Cooper of HRC said: “Like so many of our transgender brothers and sisters, Cocoa must be with her loved ones today, and I pray that Cocoa’s friends and family find some peace and joy in her memories during this extremely difficult time.

“Hateful stereotypes, rhetoric and legislation It fuels violence against transgender people. “We must demand better from our elected officials as well as from each other.”

A 31-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with Shantel’s death.

Anyone who has witnessed or experienced a hate crime can call police on 101, Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or True Vision website. In an emergency, always call 999.

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