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Murdered, Suffocated And Burned Alive: 350 Transgender People Killed In 2020

The violence and horror of the murders, where transgender people were burned alive, suffocated and murdered, are catalogued by the project which also has the full list of all those killed this year.

TMM Update Trans Day of Remembrance 2020

350 trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the last year

US: HRC Mourns Angel Unique, Black Trans Woman Killed in Memphis, Tenn.

Sadly, 2020 has already seen at least 34 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means, the majority of which were Black and Latinx transgender women. We say at least because too often these stories go unreported -- or misreported.

Australia: Why does South Australia still have a ‘gay panic’ defence?

Despite boasting a progressive history on gay rights, South Australia is holding on to a legal defence described as discriminatory towards LGBTQI+ people. Draft legislation set to be introduced to Parliament soon might change that.

Colombia: Thousands of people cry out against violence against trans people in Bogotá

More than a thousand people marched this Friday in the center of Bogotá to cry out against violence against trans people, with special rejection of the death of Alejandra Monocuco, a trans woman who died a few years ago. weeks after an alleged negligence of the Mayor in his medical care.

US: HRC Mourns Selena Reyes-Hernandez, Trans Woman Killed in Chicago

HRC is heartbroken to learn of the death of Selena Reyes-Hernandez, a 37-year-old transgender woman shot to death in Chicago on May 31. Her death is believed to be at least the 16th known violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person this year in the U.S. HRC has tracked eight such deaths from May 3rd to June 9th, constituting the greatest number of deaths we have recorded in this amount of time.

UN experts condemn modern-day racial terror lynchings in US and call for systemic reform and justice

A group of independent UN rights experts today called on the United States Government to take decisive action to address systemic racism and racial bias in the country’s criminal justice system by launching independent investigations and ensuring accountability in all cases of excessive use of force by police. They also issued a statement regarding the nationwide protests against racial injustice.

Australia: SA led the way for many reforms, so why is 'gay panic' still a defence?

South Australia has a reputation as a progressive state based on several milestones in its political history. It was the first to grant parliamentary voting rights to women, in 1894. It was also first to decriminalise homosexuality, and was at the forefront of the push for Aboriginal land rights during the 1970s. But a legal loophole allowing murder charges to be downgraded has remained