List Of Unlawfully Killed Transgender People
This is a list of transgender people who are proven to have died at the hands of others and whose deaths are considered to have been attributable to their transgender status. It is claimed that around the world, one transgender person is murdered every three days.
The list does not include deaths by suicide, accident, and other causes.
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.Read more about List Of Unlawfully Killed Transgender People: 1988, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, See Also
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