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November 15, 2012
New figures show 265 trans people were murdered in the last 12 months

New figures from Trans Murder Monitoring show 265 trans people were murdered across the world in the last 12 months, higher than previous years

New figures released yesterday by the Trans Murder Monitoring project show 265 trans people were known to be the victims of violent killings across the world over the last 12 months.

The figures show a nearly 20% increase from last year, when 221 trans murders were reported.

October 10, 2012
More gay men in US were victims of intimate partner homicide last year

Report also shows highest homicide rate among intimate partners ever recorded

A record 19 lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender persons, questioning and HIV-positive persons in the US were victims of homicide at the hands of an intimate partner in 2011, according to a report released Wednesday (10 October) by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs.

NCAVP says that is the highest yearly total they have ever recorded and more than three times the six documented homicides in 2010.

Of the 19 homicide victims, 63.2% were men. This is a significant shift from 2010 when 66.7% of the homicide victims identified as women.

January 13, 2012
Gay honour killing inspires new Turkish movie

Zenne Dancer reveals the 'violence and discrimination faced by Turkey’s LGBT community'

Sexual identity and homophobia in modern-day Turkey are brought to the fore in ZENNE Dancer, a new film directed by Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay.

Drawing inspiration from the 2008 killing of Abmet Yildiz, the film is representative of 'the systematic violence and discrimination faced by Turkey’s LGBT community'.