Trans Day of Remembrance: At least 350 trans people killed globally this year

More than 350 transgender and gender-diverse people have been killed in 2024, a “sobering” report from the Trans Murder Monitoring project to coincide with Trans Day of Remembrance has shown.

Ahead of the Trans Day of Remembrance on Wednesday (20 November), Transgender Europe and Central Asia (TGEU) released its annual report, which showed that 350 trans people had been killed across the globe between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024, up from 321 the previous year.

The report added that the data found “concerning” trends when it came to the intersections of racism, xenophobia and prejudice against sex workers: 93 per cent of the victims were Black trans people or trans people of colour, while 46 per cent were transgender sex workers.

The number is one of the highest death

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